Weight distributing hitch and slide bracket assembly

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B - Operations, Transporting

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B60D 1/30 (2006.01) B60D 1/32 (2006.01) B60D 1/34 (2006.01) B60D 1/42 (2006.01) B60D 1/52 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2228284

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.

Un ensemble attelage (10) de répartition de charge et de stabilisation latérale permettant de tracter une remorque à l'arrière d'un véhicule comprend une barre d'attelage (12) qu'on fixe au véhicule. L'ensemble attelage comprend également un bloc d'attache à boule (20) monté sur la barre d'attelage (12) et un raccord d'attelage monté sur ledit bloc d'attache à boule (20). Une paire de patins de frottement (68) est également installée sur la remorque. L'ensemble attelage comprend aussi une paire de sabots (56), chaque sabot reposant sur un patin de frottement (68) tout en autorisant un mouvement coulissant relatif desdits patins de frottement. L'ensemble attelage comprend en outre une paire de barres à ressort (36) servant à répartir le poids de la remorque par rapport au véhicule. Chacune des barres à ressort (36) comporte une extrémité proximale présentant un tourillon (38) fixé sur le bloc d'attache à boule et une extrémité distale disposant d'un fourreau (54) qui se place dans un sabot.

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