Trailer coupler
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United States of America Patent
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Jun 6, 2017
Grant Date -
Jun 2, 2016
app pub date -
Feb 5, 2016
filing date -
May 31, 2011
priority date (Note) -
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status (Latency Note)
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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.
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International Classification(s)
- 2016 Application Filing Year
- B60D Class
- 205 Applications Filed
- 162 Patents Issued To-Date
- 79.03 % Issued To-Date
Cited Art Landscape
Patent Citation Ranking
- 3 Citation Count
- B60D Class
- 17.07 % this patent is cited more than
- 8 Age
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