Mounting for fifth wheel hitch

Claim 1

A fifth wheel hitch adapted to be mounted in a bed of a pickup truck and adapted to be coupled releasably to a towed vehicle, said hitch comprising a pair of laterally spaced legs extending upwardly from said bed of said truck, said legs having upper and lower end portions, a supporting bar extending laterally between and fastened rigidly to the upper end portions of said legs, a coupler mounted on said supporting bar and adapted to be connected releasably to the tower vehicle, and means for releasably attaching said legs to said bed, said means comprising first brackets connected rigidly to the lower end portions of said legs, second brackets located adjacent said first brackets, each of said second brackets being connected rigidly to said bed and each including an outwardly projecting plate and an angle member with a vertical leg, hinge curls on said first and second brackets and extending longitudinally of said bed, said vertical leg abutting said hinge curls and extending substantially coextensively therewith, the curls on each first bracket and each adjacent second bracket interleaving with one another and forming a set of interleaved curls, each set of interleaved curls including two longitudinally spaced curls on one of said brackets and further including an intermediate curl on the other of said brackets and filling substantially all of the longitudinal space between said spaced curls, a pin extending through each set of interleaved curls to connect each first bracket releasably to the adjacent second bracket, and means holding each pin in the associated set of curls and selectively releasable to permit removal of said pin and thereby enable said hitch to be removed from said truck.