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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2016
Pacific Rim International, Llc, Vancouver, WA (US);
Yibin Ye, Portland, OR (US);
Pacific Rim International, LLC, Vancouver, WA (US);
Abstract
A trailer coupler may be provided with an opening and socket for a hitch ball, and a clamping bar in an internal channel for locking the coupler and hitch together. The internal channel may extend horizontally and be positioned above the opening and below the socket. The channel may include a laterally-facing aperture adjacent the second end, out of which one end of the clamping bar may extend. That end of the clamping bar may include a bracket with an open channel to fit over a flange on the coupler body. The coupler may be assembled by inserting a first end of the clamping bar through the laterally-facing aperture, and moving the first end of the clamping bar into the coupler body channel while fitting the bracket over the flange at the open channel of the clamping bar.