Isomorphic trailer hitch alignment guide device

Claim 1

A device for facilitating the alignment and subsequent coupling of a towing vehicle to a towed vehicle, wherein the towing vehicle is equipped with a hitch having a hitch ball, and the towed vehicle is equipped with a tongue having a socket, wherein said device consists of: a) a ball guide having a mounting base, an extension rod, and a male sighting element that is emblematic of a hitch ball; wherein said mounting base has a fastening means for attaching the ball guide to the towing vehicle, and a pivoting-locking means for seating the extension rod and setting an angle of projection of the same; wherein said extension rod has a telescoping-rotating-locking means, which enables the extension rod, which is affixed to the mounting base, to be extended to a desired length, rotated such that the male sighting element is clearly visible to a driver, and locked in position; wherein said male sighting element, which is a fitted on the end of the extension rod, has crossing lines on a frontal portion of the sighting element, wherein said crossing lines act as a visual amplification of deviations from alignment; b) a socket guide having a mounting base, an extension rod, and a female sighting element that is emblematic of a socket; wherein said mounting base has a fastening means for attaching the socket guide to the towed vehicle, and a pivoting-locking means for seating the extension rod and setting an angle of projection of the same; wherein said extension rod has a telescoping-rotating-locking means, which enables the extension rod, which is affixed to the mounting base, to be extended to a desired length, rotated such that when the hitch ball of the towing vehicle is aligned with the socket of the towed vehicle, the female sighting element is substantially overlaid and aligned with the male sighting element; wherein said female sighting element, which is a fitted on the end of the extension rod, has crossing lines on a frontal portion of the sighting element, wherein said crossing lines, which are substantially co-extensive with the crossing lines on the male sighting element, act as a visual amplification of deviations from alignment.

Claim 2

A device for facilitating the alignment and subsequent coupling of a towing vehicle to a towed vehicle, wherein the towing vehicle is equipped with a hitch having a hitch ball, and the towed vehicle is equipped with a tongue having a socket, wherein said device consists of: a) a ball guide having a mounting base, an extension rod, and a male sighting element that is emblematic of a hitch ball; wherein said mounting base has a fastening means for attaching the ball guide to the towing vehicle, and a pivoting-locking means for seating the extension rod and setting an angle of projection of the same; wherein said extension rod has a telescoping-rotating-locking means, which enables the extension rod, which is affixed to the mounting base, to be extended to a desired length, rotated such that the male sighting element is clearly visible to a driver, and locked in position; wherein said male sighting element, which is a fitted on the end of the extension rod, has crossing lines on a frontal portion of the sighting element, wherein said crossing lines act as a visual amplification of deviations from alignment; b) a socket guide having a mounting base, an extension rod, and a female sighting element that is emblematic of a socket; wherein said mounting base has a fastening means for attaching the socket guide to the towed vehicle, and a pivoting-locking means for seating the extension rod and setting an angle of projection of the same; wherein said extension rod has a telescoping-rotating-locking means, which enables the extension rod, which is affixed to the mounting base, to be extended to a desired length, rotated such that when the hitch ball of the towing vehicle is aligned with the socket of the towed vehicle, the female sighting element is substantially overlaid and aligned with the male sighting element; wherein said female sighting element, which is a fitted on the end of the extension rod, has crossing lines on a frontal portion of the sighting element, wherein said crossing lines, which are substantially co-extensive with the crossing lines on the male sighting element, act as a visual amplification of deviations from alignment.