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Self-aligning wheeled trailer connecting mechanism

  • US 9,770,954 B1
  • Filed: 04/03/2017
  • Issued: 09/26/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A trailer hitch for attaching a trailer to a vehicle, comprising:

  • an attaching plate adapted for attachment to a trailer, and a receiving plate adapted for attachment to a vehicle;

    the attaching plate having an aligning wedge having tapered side walls on opposite sides and a tapered bottom wall extending therefrom;

    the receiving plate having a socket having tapered side walls on opposite sides and a tapered bottom wall adapted for accommodating the attaching plate aligning wedge; and

    a pivotally mounted J-shaped latch carried on the attaching plate and adapted to extend over an edge of the receiving plate when the attaching plate and the receiving plate are brought together.

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