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Vehicle and trailer weight balance and force indication system and method of use

  • US 9,870,653 B1
  • Filed: 02/03/2016
  • Issued: 01/16/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a vehicle, having;

    a rear bumper; and

    a trailer hitch assembly having a hitch trailer ball;

    a trailer, having;

    a tongue adapted to engage with the hitch trailer ball; and

    a platform configured to carry a load; and

    a monitoring system, having;

    a computer;

    an external server in wireless communication with the computer, the external server having a database configured to record data associated with the monitoring system and receive vehicle performance data to provide an output relating to a correlation between vehicle performance and load weight;

    a sensor operably associated with the computer and configured to measure a weight of the load carried by the trailer;

    a device mounted within an interior of the vehicle, separate from the computer and in wireless communication with the computer via a transmitter, the device having a display configured to relay the data associated with the monitoring system, the device further having;

    an alarm configured to notify a user as a predetermined weight threshold is reached.

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