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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:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard McCoy, Granger, IN (US);
Chad A McCoige, Mishawaka, IN (US);
Assignee:
Reese Products, Inc., Elkhart, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2804061 ; 2804551 ;
Abstract
A load leveling hitch assembly is provided for towing a trailer behind a vehicle. The load leveling hitch assembly includes a drawbar for mounting to the vehicle, a ball mount secured to the drawbar, a pair of spring bar mounting brackets secured to the trailer and a pair of spring bars. Each spring bar bracket is characterized by including multiple spaced mounting points for receiving the distal ends of one of the spring bars. Each spring bar has a proximal end secured to the ball mount and a distal end that is held by one of the spring bar mounting brackets.