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Hydraulically operated hitch for towing and positioning mobile homes

  • US 3,891,239 A
  • Filed: 04/15/1974
  • Issued: 06/24/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for towing and positioning mobile homes, comprising:

  • a tractor truck having a rear axle;

    a hitching ball;

    a towing frame pivotably mounted to said truck, said frame having said ball mounted to the rear end thereof behind said truck, and said frame having its pivotal mounting to said truck ahead of the rear axle of the truck;

    a fluid driven actuator connected to said truck and to said frame and operable to raise said frame for lifting a towing tongue of a mobile home when connected to said ball;

    the pivotal mounting of said frame to said truck being ahead of the rear axle and sufficiently above the rear axle to locate said ball close to the rear end of said truck and enable said fluid driven actuator to raise and lower said ball through various levels near the level of the rear axle of said truck, without interference of said frame with said axle.

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