Trailer hitch with load equalizing mechanism

Claim 1

A LOAD EQUALIZING HITCH FOR CONNECTING A TRAILER HAVING FORWARDLY EXTENDING FRAME MEMBERS TO AN AUTOMOBILE, COMPRISING A BRACKET FOR ATTACHING SAID HITCH TO THE AUTOMOBILE, UPPER AND LOWER LATERALLY EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY POSITIONED PLATE-LIKE MEMBERS ON SAID BRACKET, TWO UPPER CYLINDRICAL BEARING MEMBERS MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID PLATELIKE MEMBERS AND SECURED THERETO AND SPACED LATERALLY FROM ONE ANOTHER, TWO LOWER CYLINDRICAL BEARING MEMBERS PROJECTING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID LOWER PLATE-LIKE MEMBER AND IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE RESPECTIVE UPPER BEARING MEMBERS, A BALL MEMBER MOUNTED ON THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID BRACKET, A MEMBER MOUNTED ON THE TRAILER FOR ENGAGING SAID BALL MEMBER, A SPRING BAR ASSEMBLY FOR EACH LATERALLY DISPOSED UPPER AND LOWER BEARING MEMBER, EACH ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AN ELONGATED RESILIENT STEEL BAR, A FIXTURE ON ONE END OF SAID BAR HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED YOKE WITH THE OPENING THEREOF FACING GENERALLY FORWARD FOR RECEIVING ONE OF SAID UPPER BEARING MEMBERS AND A SOCKET WITH AN ELONGATED RECESS, THE ELONGATION OF THE RECESS EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL WITH THE BAR FOR RECEIVING THE RESPECTIVE LOWER BEARING MEMBERS, AND A YIELDABLE FIXTURE INCLUDING AN ADJUSTABLE CHAIN LINKAGE ON THE OTHER END OF SAID BAR FOR CONNECTING SAID BAR TO THE TRAILER FRAME MEMBERS.