Tractor fifth wheel bearing attachment

Claim 1

In a fifth wheel attachment assembly on a tractor for connecting a tractor to a trailer, including a substantially circular fifth wheel metal bearing plate, having a central slot and two sloped flanges for ease of connection to the trailer, the improvement comprising an anti-friction polyolefin plastic sheet forming an upper surface and covering the bearing plate and the sloped flanges of the fifth wheel attachment and being attached thereto, the plastic sheet having cutout portions along a portion of the edges of the bearing plate and along the edges of the sloped flanges, two protective riser bars permanently attached to the sloped flanges and the bearing plate, said riser bars located one on the outside of each of the two sloped flanges and extending along a portion of the bearing plate, said risers fitting within the cutout portions of the plastic sheet and having an elevated surface flush with the surface of the sheet with no projections or grooves between the sheet and the two bars to catch when connection between the tractor and the trailer occurs.