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Hitch alignment device and method

  • US 4,156,972 A
  • Filed: 01/18/1978
  • Issued: 06/05/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A guide device having two components for aligning first and second engageable hitch members mounted respectively on a vehicle and a trailer, one component includes a first frame mountable on the first engageable member and the second component includes a second frame mountable on the second engageable member;

  • the improvement comprising;

    strap means connected to the first frame and sized to wrap about the first engageable member to tightly strap the frame against the first engageable member;

    a base plate having a substantially planar surface and connected to the first frame for abutting the first engageable member at the substantially planar surface; and

    a first adjustable means for mounting the base plate to the first frame for adjustment along a length thereof and for angular adjustment about a longitudinal axis thereof.

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