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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2011
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 having telescoping tow bar legs connected to a head member which is structured to be releasably securable to a towing hitch member of a towing vehicle; aft leg connector mechanisms structured to releasably connect the tow bar legs to a towed vehicle; and a latching mechanism, including latching portions structured to releasably retain the tow bar legs in a stored configuration, and locking portions structured to releasable lock the tow bar legs in a deployed configuration.