Vehicle hitch

Claim 1

A vehicle hitch for connecting a towing vehicle to a vehicle to be towed, comprising in combination: a. a stationary hollow beam mounted on the rear frame of the towing vehicle, extending rearwardly therefrom in a horizontal plane; b. a boom swivelly mounted on the underside of the beam for free swinging movement in both vertical and horizontal planes; c. said boom comprising two telescopically interfitted inner and outer sections; d. the outer section having a ball adapted to be engaged by a tow cap mounted on the vehicle to be towed; e. the telescopic boom being of a length such that the ball will be positioned immediately beyond the free end of the beam when the boom is in its fully retracted condition; f. a cable secured at one end to the beam and at its other end to the boom, proximate the ball; said boom end, supported by the cable, being free to swing in both vertical and horizontal planes relative to the beam; g. means for increasing the effective length of the cable to permit the boom to be lowered, lengthened and swung in both vertical and horizontal arcs, to allow the boom ball to engage the ball cap on the vehicle to be towed when the towing and towed vehicles are misaligned immediately prior to their joinder; and h. means for shortening the effective length of the cable to raise and shorten the overall length of the boom and move it into alignment with the beam, against the underside thereof, thereby lifting the rear wheels of the vehicle to be towed off the ground, with the rear axle thereof in exact alignment with the towing vehicle.