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Trailer hitch alignment device

  • US 6,454,290 B1
  • Filed: 10/26/2000
  • Issued: 09/24/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An alignment guide for a towed trailer having a ball-engaging magnetic-metal coupler at a forward end thereof with a ball carried at a rear location of a towing vehicle, said coupler having an inverted, forwardly extending socket at said end and an upper surface behind the socket, said guide comprising:

  • a block adapted for placement on said upper surfaceof said coupler, said block including in a lower portion thereof a magnet removably securing said block to said coupler;

    said block including an upper portion and said upper portion of said block has a generally semicircular cross section and has defined in said upper portion a plurality of outwardly extending receptacles disposed at angles varying from one another, and said receptacles are defined by tubular apertures extending toward a common point at a lower portion of said block, said receptacles being adapted to support an inserted post in a stationary position until said post is removed;

    a post having a lower end insertable in a selected one of said receptacles;

    a cross arm carried by said post and having an end visible to a driver of said vehicle; and

    a support member assembly adjustably connecting said post to said cross arm.

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