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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2009
Steven Ford, Ellensburg, WA (US);
Aaron Roe, Cle Elum, WA (US);
Steven Ford, Ellensburg, WA (US);
Aaron Roe, Cle Elum, WA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Described are embodiments directed to an apparatus that is adapted to be mounted on a vehicle with a fifth wheel. The apparatus allows a towing hitch to be attached to the vehicle which allows the vehicle to tow other vehicles. The apparatus includes an elongated beam with a forward portion, middle portion, and rearward portion and a kingpin connected to the middle portion of the beam and adapted to engage a fifth wheel. A mounting pin with a first end and a second end is connected to the rearward portion of the beam and is substantially perpendicular to the elongated beam. The apparatus further includes strut braces connected to either end of the mounting pin and that extend at an angle away from the mounting pin. The strut braces are also connected to leveling assemblies which are adapted to connect to a frame of the vehicle and are adapted to change the vertical position of the rearward portion of the beam.