Removable gooseneck hitch

Claim 1

Hitch means for interconnection of a towed vehicle and a towing vehicle comprising: forwardly projecting tongue means on the towed vehicle, said tongue means having a first socket member thereon; means securing a vertically extending second ball member on the towing vehicle; a pair of hitch body portion arms, each having a forward end and being adjacent to one another at said forward ends; mounting plate means fixedly secured over said forward ends of said body portion arms, the mounting plate means having a vertically extending first ball member thereon; clamp means extending across said body portion arms and said tongue means and clampingly engaged thereagainst, the first socket member being engaged over the first ball member; a gooseneck having a first upward portion extending from the mounting plate means and a second forwardly extending portion; a vertical column assembly on the second portion of the gooseneck, said column assembly having a second socket member thereon; the second socket member being engaged with the second ball member; the tie rod means extending between the gooseneck and the clamp means; the body portion arms having a series of substantially vertical openings therein; the clamp means comprising upper and lower cross bars with a series of spaced holes formed therein; and changeable fasteners extending through the holes in the upper cross bar and the openings in the body portion arms, and through aligned holes in the upper and lower cross bars adjacent the tongue means.