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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
May. 19, 2004
Anthony S. Roberts, Granger, IN (US);
Richard W. Mccoy, Granger, IN (US);
Thomas W. Lindenman, South Bend, IN (US);
Anthony S. Roberts, Granger, IN (US);
Richard W. McCoy, Granger, IN (US);
Thomas W. Lindenman, South Bend, IN (US);
Cequent Towing Products, Inc., Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a fifth wheel hitch assembly for mounting on a towing vehicle and receiving a king pin of a trailer. The fifth wheel hitch assembly includes a base assembly, a head assembly carried on the base assembly and a jaw assembly carried on the head assembly. The jaw assembly includes a jaw body displaceable between an open position and a closed position and a control handle connected to the jaw body. The fifth wheel hitch assembly also includes a lock for locking the jaw body in the closed position and a king pin indicator. The king pin indicator is displaceable between a home position in which the king pin indicator prevents engagement of the lock and a king pin sensing position which the lock may be engaged to lock the jaw body in the closed position.