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Apparatus for facilitating trailer hitch element alignment

  • US 4,905,376 A
  • Filed: 10/24/1988
  • Issued: 03/06/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device which detachably mounts to a tow vehicle for visually aligning the hitch members of a tow vehicle and trailer during the coupling process comprising:

  • a convex mirror;

    a U-shaped bracket having spaced apart legs extending away from a centrally disposed bight portion and terminating in parallel free ends thereby forming an unobstructed region therebetween;

    tow vehicle mounting means respectively attached to each of said free ends of said U-shaped bracket for mounting said free ends to a tow vehicle; and

    an elongated upstanding displacement member fastened to said mirror at one end thereof in a ball and socket joint and connected at another end thereof to said centrally disposed bight portion, said elongated upstanding first displacement member providing a vertical displacement to place said convex mirroring in view of a driver of said tow vehicle and further providing a horizontal displacement to place said convex mirror in a region overlying said unobstructed region of said U-shaped bracket.

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