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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark L Matthews, Yadkinville, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2804151 ; 280495 ; 280901 ;
Abstract
A hitch for towing a trailer behind a truck. The inventive device includes a mounting assembly securable to a frame of the truck. A receiving assembly is secured to the mounting assembly for receiving a vertical stanchion having a ball hitch secured to an upper end thereof. A coupling assembly projects through both the receiving assembly and the vertical stanchion to removably couple the two together.