Vehicle towing hitch

Claim 1

A VEHICLE TOWING HITCH ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED BETWEEN A TOWING VEHICLE AND A TOWED VEHICLE, SUCH TOWED VEHICLE HAVING A HORIZONTAL FORWARD MEMBER WITH A FORWARDLY PROTRUDING SURFACE, COMPRISING: LONGITUDINAL MEANS DISPOSABLE IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL PLANE AND HAVING A FORWARD END AND A REARWARD END, SAID FORWARD END BEING ADAPTED TO BE EFFECTIVELY CONNECTED TO SUCH TOWING VEHICLE; VERTICAL MEANS SECURED TO SAID REARWARD END AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM, SAID VERTICAL MEANS HAVING A REARWARDLY DIRECTED PLANAR SURFACE OF WHICH ANY SELECTED PORTION MAY BE DISPOSED IN ABUTMENT AGAINST SUCH FORWARDLY PROTRUDING SURFACE; FLEXIBLE TOWING MEANS PROVIDED WITH FIRST AND SECOND END CONNECTION MEANS, SAID FIRST CONNECTION MEANS BEING REMOVABLY ATTACHABLE TO SUCH TOWED VEHICLE, SAID SECOND CONNECTION MEANS BEING ATTACHABLE TO SAID LONGITUDINAL MEANS AND INCLUDING ADJUSTABLE MEANS FOR APPLYING TENSION FORCE TO SAID FLEXIBLE TOWING MEANS FOR CAUSING SAID VERTICAL MEANS SURFACE PORTION TO FORCIBLY ABUT AGAINST SUCH TOWED VEHICLE''S PROTRUDING SURFACE; AND FORCE GUIDANCE MEANS SECURED TO SAID LONGITUDINAL MEANS AND IN LATERALLY AND VERTICALLY RESTRAINING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FLEXIBLE TOWING MEANS BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND END CONNECTION MEANS, SAID GUIDANCE MEANS HAVING A DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED HORIZONTAL SURFACE ENGAGING SAID FLEXIBLE TOWING MEANS WHEREBY SAID FLEXIBLE TOWING MEANS APPLIES AN UPWARD FORCE TO SAID HORIZONTAL SURFACE FOR UPWARDLY SUPPORTING SAID LONGITUDINAL MEANS.