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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:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jacob S Belinky, Carleton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Draw-Tite, Inc., Canton, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280511 ;
Abstract
A trailer hitch ball in which a tubular member is formed into a generally spherical configuration while being permanently attached to a central stud. The hitch ball may be formed by crimping a tubular member onto a central stud integrally formed from a drawbar shank producing a combined ball and shank for detachable connection to the receiver of a trailer hitch.