Fifth wheel trailer hitch

Claim 2

A trailer hitch mountable in the bed of a truck on the bottom thereof, comprising: a. a frame having spaced upright end portions, said upright end portions each having in the upper portion thereof means to pivotally receive and mount a shaft, b. a cross member attached to said end portions substantially below the top edge thereof and joining said end portions, c. a second cross member, said second cross member having shaft mounting means in the end portions thereof, the shafts thereof being pivotally and oppositely mountable in the mounting means in the upper portions of said upright end portions of said frame, d. coupling means mounted on the upper side of said second cross member and constructed and adapted to receive and mount in towing relation cooperating coupling means on a trailer or thhe like, and e. said coupling means has a entrance slot in said second cross member, a jaw member movably mounted with said second cross member, a locking bolt slidably mounted to secure said jaw member in an operating position and a second locking bolt slidably mounted to in use secure said first named locking bolt when said first named locking bolt is securing said jaw member.

Claim 3

The hitch of claim 1, wherein: a. said upright ends are rigidly secured to said first named cross member, and b. said means to pivotally receive and mount a shaft is a yoke like bracket having a locking pin to retain said shaft therein.

Claim 4

The hitch of claim 2, wherein: a. said shaft mounting means has second cross member end members and second cross member internal support members at opposite end portions of said second cross member, said end members and said internal support members being rigidly secured to said shafts, an b. said shafts extend oppositely from said second cross member.

Claim 5

The hitch of claim 3, wherein: a. said jaw member is pivotally mounted on the under side of said cross member, said jaw member being pivotable between a first positioN with said slot being generally transverse to said entrance slot and in a second position with said slot therein opening into said entrance slot in the same general direction as said entrance slot, b. said first named locking bolt being slidable to an extended position having one end thereof contacting said jaw member to prevent rotation thereof, and c. said first named cross member is spaced substantially below said second cross member such that in normal pivotal movement said second cross member will not contact said first named cross member.

Claim 6

The hitch of claim 4, wherein: a. said second locking bolt being engagable with an end portion of said first named locking bolt opposite said first named end thereof to secure said first named locking bolt in said extended position, b. said entrance slot is a generally U-shaped slot opening rearward, and c. said slot in said jaw member is a generally U-shaped slot.

Claim 7

A trailer hitch mountable in the bed of a truck on the bottom thereof, comprising: a. a frame having spaced upright end portions, each of said end portions having means in the upper portion thereof to receive and pivotally mount a shaft, and means in the lower portions to removably mount said upright end portions on cooperating truck bed mounted mounting means, b. truck bed mountable mounting means having means to mount same in the bed of a truck to provide in spaced relation mounting means to removably receive and mount said mounting means on the lower portions of said upright end portions of said frame, c. said means to mount said upright ends has a generally horizontally disposed flange-like male bracket portion extending from a lower portion of each said upright end portions, d. said truck bed mounted mounting means has a generally horizontally disposed cross-sectionally U-shaped female bracket portion securable to said truck bed having open ends to receive therein said flange-like male bracket portion, and means to lock said male bracket portion and said female bracket portion in a rigid relation, e. a cross member attached to said end portions substantially below the top edge thereof and joining said end portions, f. a second cross member, said second cross member having shaft mounting means in the end portions thereof, the shafts thereof being pivotally and oppositely mountable in the mounting means in the upper portions in said upright end portions of said frame, and g. coupling means mounted on the upper side of said second cross member and constructed and adapted to receive and mount in towing relation cooperating coupling means on a trailer or the like.

Claim 8

A trailer hitch mountable in the bed of a truck on the bottom thereof, comprising: a. a frame having spaced upright end portions, each of said end portions having means in the upper portion thereof to receive and pivotally mount a shaft, and means in the lower portions to removably mount said upright end portions on cooperating truck bed mounted mounting means, b. truck bed mountable mounting means having means to mount same in the bed of a truck to provide in spaced relation mounting means to removably receive and mount said mounting means on the lower portions of said upright end portions of said frame, c. said means to mount said upright ends has a generally horizontally disposed flange-like male bracket portion extending from a lower portion of each said upright end portions, d. said truck bed mounted mounting means has a generally horizontally disposed cross-sectionally U-shaped female bracket portion securable to said truck bed having open ends to receive therein said flange-like male bracket portion, and means to lock said male bracket portion and said female bracket portion in a rigid relation, e. a cross member attached to said end portions substantially below the top edge thereof and joining said end portions, f. a second cross member, said second cross member having shaft mounting means in the end portions thereof, the shafts thereof being pivotally and oppositely mountable in the mounting means in the upper portions in said upright end portions of said frame, and g. coupling means mounted on the upper side of said second cross member and constructed and adapted to receive and mount in towing relation cooperating coupling means on a trailer or the like.

Claim 9

The hitch of claim 6, wherein: a. said truck bed mounted mounting means has a plurality of said female bracket portions, b. said means to lock has a locking pin support portion with a pair of apertures secured to said female bracket portion, an aperture through said male bracket portion and a locking pin member insertable through said aperture in said female bracket member and said male bracket member, and c. said truck bed mounted mounting means and said means to mount said upright ends has said female bracket portion and said male bracket portion constructed in a mirror image relation.