Articulating hitch apparatus for vehicles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8905424
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14153489

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A hitch apparatus includes a frame configured to be secured to a vehicle and that is pivotable about a first axis, a guide that is movably secured to the frame and pivotable about a second axis substantially transverse to the first axis, and a tow bar movably secured to the guide and movable relative to the guide between retracted and extended positions. The hitch apparatus includes a user controlled positioning system with a user input device that is configured to allow a user to extend and retract the tow bar and to articulate the tow bar up-down and left-right so as to position the tow bar distal end at a desired position within a three-dimensional coordinate system.

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TELESWIVEL LLCDURHAM NC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Williams,, Jr Thomas M Durham, US 16 104
Woolf, William David Durham, US 10 149

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