Hitch

Claim 1

A HITCH DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE TONGUE COMPRISING A CLEVIS ON THE TONGUE HAVING AN UPPER ARM AND A LOWER ARM EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY IN VERTICALLY SPACED RELATION TO PROVIDE A SPACE FOR RECEIVING THEREBETWEEN A DRAWBAR, SAID UPPER ARM AND SAID LOWER ARM EACH HAVING A HOLE AND THE HOLES IN THE ARMS BEING IN REGISTER WITH EACH OTHER AND HAVING VERTICAL AXES, A HITCH PIN LOCATED ON SAID CLEVIS LOWER ARM AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE LOWER ARM, SAID HITCH PIN BEING SLIDABLE IN A VERTICAL DIRECTION RELATIVE TO SAID CLEVIS FROM A LOWER RETRACTED POSITION BENEATH SAID DRAWBAR RECEIVING SPACE TO AN UPPER POSITION PROJECTING INTO SAID HOLE IN SAID UPPER ARM, A LEVER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID LOWER ARM AND CONNECTED TO SAID PIN AT ONE END, HOLDING MEANS FOR MAINTAINING THE HITCH PIN IN SAID UPPER POSITION, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO AN END OF SAID LEVER OPPOSITE SAID ONE END FOR MOVING SAID PIN TO A DOWN POSITION AND HOLDING IT IN THIS POSITION, AND SAID LAST NAMED MEANS EXTENDING UPWARDLY ABOVE SAID UPPER ARM WHEREBY AN OPERATOR CAN SIGHT THROUGH THE HOLES IN SAID ARM WHEN SAID PIN IS BEING HELD IN A DOWN POSITIONED TO FACILITATE COUPLING OF SAID TONGUE TO SAID DRAWBAR.