Adjustable swing hitch for vehicles

Claim 2

A hitch for vehicles comprising: a. a housing including a pair of similar parallel plate members mountable under the rear bumper of the vehicle, b. bar means hitching means mounted within said housing and having a bar member with an elongated opening therein mounted about a floating member pivotally connected to and between said plate members, said bar member movable to any radial position limited to the length of said opening and from the pivotal connection of said floating member and movable rearwardly of the outer edge of said plate members to a storage condition, c. means pivotally, extendably and translatably mounting said hitching means on said housing, and d. resilient means urged locking means mounted on said housing constructed and adapted to lock said hitching means against rotation and extention, said hitch for vehicles adapted to be mounted on the rear of a vehicle, said hitching means translatably positionable on said housing to a fixed position and said hitching means rotatably extendable and translatably extendable from said housing and couplable with a trailing vehicle or the like, and retractable to a locked position.

Claim 3

The hitch for vehicles as described in claim 1, wherein: a. said bar means is movable laterally within said housing to a second fixed position for offset coupling with a trailing vehicle, and b. said hitching means is movable to a storage position without any portion thereof extended rearwardly of said housing so that the vehicle can be pushed from the rear, if desired.

Claim 4

The hitch for vehicles, comprising: a. mounting means mountable on a vehicle, b. hitching means, c. means to pivotally, extendably and translatably mount said hitching means on said mounting means, d. resilient means urged locking means mounted on said mounting means constructed and adapted to lock said hitching means against rotation and extension, e. said hitching means is a bar means mounted within said housing, f. said mounting means includes a pair of similar elongated rectangular parallel plate members, g. said mounting means is mounted on the vehicle so that said hitching bar means is horizontally extendable therefrom, h. said hitching bar means has an elongated bar like member extending substantially the length of said housing, i. said means to pivotably, extendably and translatably mount said hitching means is an elongated slot like aperture therethrough and substantially the length thereof said hitching bar means having a floating member therein pivotably attached to said housing between said plate member adapted to be positionable at one end of said slot by a portion of said resilient urged locking means having a leaf spring member attached at one end to an inner side of said slot uncompressibly positioned in the center of said slot and adapted to be compressed at the free end thereof to provide movement of said floating member through said slot, and j. said hitching bar member has a means to engage said rotation locking means on the extendable end thereof.

Claim 5

The hitch for vehicles, comprising: a. mounting means mountable on a vehicle, b. hitching means, c. means to pivotally, extendably and translatably mount said hitching means on said mounting means, d. resilient means urged locking means mounted on said mounting means constructed and adapted to lock said hitching means against rotation and extension, e. said hitching means is a bar means mounted within said housing, f. said mounting means includes a pair of similar elongated rectangular parallel plate members, g. said mounting means is mounted on the vehicle so that said hitching bar means is horizontally extendable therefrom, h. said hitching bar means has an elongated bar like member extending substantially the length of said housing, i. said means to pivotably, extendably and translatably mount said hitching means is an elongated slot like aperture therethrough and substantially the length thereof said hitching bar means having a floating member therein pivotably attached to said housing between said plate member adapted to be positionable at one end of said slot by a portion of said resilient urged locking means having a leaf spring member attached at one end to an inner side of said slot uncompressibly positioned in the center of said slot and adapted to be compressed at the free end thereof to provide movement of said floating member through said slot, and j. said hitching bar member has a means to engage said rotation locking means on the extendable end thereof.

Claim 6

The hitch for vehicles as described in claim 3, wherein: a. said housing has a stop member therebetween said plate members positioned so as to be adapted to prevent said bar member from rotating over the center of rotation about said floating member relative said rotation locking means, b. said rotation locking means has a spring urged locking pin member normally extended with the end thereof engageable with said bar member, c. said spring urged locking pin member is retractable from said normally extendable position to disengage said rotation locking means by finger pressure, d. said means to engage said rotation locking means is the arcuate shaped end of said hitching bar member having a plurality of indentations therein adapted to receive said locking pin and position said bar member in a plurality of positions.

Claim 7

The hitch for vehicles as described in claim 4, wherein: a. said housing has a plurality of apertures therethrough said plate members adapted to be used to mount same with said vehicle, b. said hitching bar member has a plurality of apertures therethrough said arcuate shaped end portion, an aperture thereof said said plurality is adapted to be used to couple said hitching bar member to a trailer vehicle or the like, another of said plurality of apertures is adapted to be used in combination with a safety pin member and an aperture therethrough said housing to position and hold said hitching bar member in a spaced transverse position relative said rotation locking means, and c. one of said rectangular plate members of said housing has an enlarged aperture therethrough adapted to provide finger access to said extension locking means for compressing said leaf spring member at the floating member end portion thereof.