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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard W. McCoy, Granger, IN (US);
Chad A. McCoige, Mishawaka, IN (US);
Assignee:
Reese Products, Inc., Elkhart, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/32 ;
Abstract
A weight distributing hitch assembly for towing a trailer behind a towing vehicle includes a ball mount head, a pair of spring bars, a pair of adjustable length cam arms for supporting projecting ends of the spring bars, a pair of lift units carried on the trailer and a pair of lift chains extending between the cam arms and the lift units. The projecting ends of the spring bars include a cam follower and the distal ends of the cam arms include cooperating cams that function to provide trailer sway control.