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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2009
James Huston, Yankton, SD (US);
David Merchant, Lincoln, NE (US);
Steven Goodman, Pender, NE (US);
Leslie Roeber, Emerson, NE (US);
Neil Wagner, Winsive, NE (US);
James Huston, Yankton, SD (US);
David Merchant, Lincoln, NE (US);
Steven Goodman, Pender, NE (US);
Leslie Roeber, Emerson, NE (US);
Neil Wagner, Winsive, NE (US);
Automatic Equipment Manufacturing Company, Pender, NE (US);
Abstract
A tow bar including a pintle hitch, telescoping tow bar legs pivotally connected to a head member, a lunette ring fixedly or pivotally connected to the head member, leg connector mechanisms releasably connecting the tow bar legs to a vehicle to be towed, and a latching mechanism including latching portions structured to releasably retain the tow bar legs in a stored configuration and locking portions with cammed release mechanisms wherein the locking portions are structured to releasable lock the tow bar legs in a deployed configuration.