CA2228284A1 - Weight distributing hitch and slide bracket assembly - Google Patents

Weight distributing hitch and slide bracket assembly

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CA2228284A1
CA2228284A1 CA002228284A CA2228284A CA2228284A1 CA 2228284 A1 CA2228284 A1 CA 2228284A1 CA 002228284 A CA002228284 A CA 002228284A CA 2228284 A CA2228284 A CA 2228284A CA 2228284 A1 CA2228284 A1 CA 2228284A1
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hitch
pair
shoes
vehicle
hitch assembly
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CA002228284A
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CA2228284C (en
Inventor
John J. Kass
Richard W. Mccoy
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Cequent Towing Products Inc
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Abstract

A weight distributing and sway controlling hitch assembly (10) for towing a trailer behind a vehicle includes a hitch bar (12) for mounting to a vehicle. The hitch assembly also includes a ball mount head (20) carried on the hitch bar (12) and a hitch connector carried on the ball mount head (20). A pair of friction pads (68) are also provided for mounting on the trailer. Additionally, the hitch assembly includes a pair of shoes (56), each of the shoes (56) being received on one of the pair of friction pads (68) while allowing relative sliding movement thereto. Still further, the hitch assembly includes a pair of spring bars (36) for distributing trailer weight relative to the vehicle.
Each of the spring bars (36) includes a proximal end having a trunnion (38) mounted to the ball mount head and a distal end having a lug (54) for engaging one of the shoes.
CA002228284A 1996-05-30 1997-05-28 Weight distributing hitch and slide bracket assembly Expired - Fee Related CA2228284C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US1867096P 1996-05-30 1996-05-30
US60/018,670 1996-05-30
PCT/US1997/009368 WO1997045279A1 (en) 1996-05-30 1997-05-28 Weight distributing hitch and slide bracket assembly

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CA2228284A1 true CA2228284A1 (en) 1997-12-04
CA2228284C CA2228284C (en) 2006-04-04

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CA002228284A Expired - Fee Related CA2228284C (en) 1996-05-30 1997-05-28 Weight distributing hitch and slide bracket assembly

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