Trailer hitch load distributing means

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION WITH A TRAILER HITCH OF THE TYPE COMPRISING A BALL COMPONENT CARRIED BY A DRAWBAR EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM THE TOWING VEHICLE AND DETACHABLY ENGAGING COMPLEMENTARY SOCKET MEANS CARRIED BY A TRAILER TONGUE OF MEANS FOR DISTRIBUTING THE LOAD IMPOSED BY THE TRAILER ON THE TOWING VEHICLE FRAME; SAID LOAD DISTRIBUTING MEANS COMPRISING A HEAD ELEMENT MOUNTED ON THE TOWING VEHICLE DRAWBAR FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE DRAWBAR AND CARRYING THE BALL COMPONENT OF THE TRAILER HITCH, A PAIR OF LEAF SPRING ELEMENTS DISPOSED ONE EACH AT EACH SIDE OF THE BALL AND EACH HAVING ONE END THEREOF ATTACHED TO SAID HEAD ELEMENT IN FIXED VERTICAL RELATION TO SAID BALL, SAID LEAF SPRING ELEMENTS THENCE EXTENDING REARWARDLY ALONG THE RESPECTIVE SIDES OF THE TRAILER TONGUE, A PAIR OF SPRING SUPPORTING MEANS CARRIED BY OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE TRAILER TONGUE REARWARDLY OF THE BALL ENGAGING SOCKET THEREOF AND SUPPORTING THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID LEAF SPRING ELEMENTS, AND MEANS FOR ROCKING SAID HEAD ELEMENT ABOUT THE SAID HORIZONTAL AXIS TO A DESIRED EXTENT IN A DIRECTION OPERATIVE TO CAUSE SAID LEAF SPRING ELEMENTS TO IMPOSE A DOWNWARD BIAS ON SAID SPRING END SUPPORTING MEANS OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO CAUSE THE REACTION TO SAID BIAS TO TRANSFER A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF THE DOWNWARD LOAD OF THE TRAILER ON THE HITCH AND THE REAR END OF THE TOWING VEHICLE FRAME TO THE FORWARD END OF THAT FRAME AND THE FRONT WHEELS OF THE TOWING VEHICLE THROUGH THE SPRING SYSTEM OF THE TOWING VEHICLE.