Automatic rolling fifth wheel hitch

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12012162
APP PUB NO 20210300486A1
SERIAL NO

17346561

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A fifth wheel hitch is shown and described. The fifth wheel hitch may include a base frame configured to be secured to a load bed of a towing vehicle, a trolley operatively engaged with the base frame, the trolley adapted to move along the base frame between first and second positions, and a cam member attached with the base frame, the cam member having a cam path. The fifth wheel hitch may also include a cam follower coupled with the trolley, the cam follower operatively engaged with the cam path, and a fifth wheel head pivotally coupled with the trolley, where the trolley is moved between the first and second positions in response to pivoting of the fifth wheel head.

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HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC47912 HALYARD DRIVE SUITE 100 PLYMOUTH MI 48170

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Curl, Michael R Osceola, US 7 18
Mach, Newly South Bend, US 5 25
McCoy, Richard Granger, US 60 1090
Stanifer, Eric Mishawaka, US 5 22

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