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Class Information
Number: 280/478.1
Name: Land vehicles > Wheeled > Articulated vehicle > Connection facilitating > Draft element bodily shiftable
Description: Vehicles in which the draft or coupling member on one of the vehicles is releasable from its normal position on the vehicle to permit connection with the cooperating element on the other vehicle and is then returned to the normal position.


Sub-classes under this class:

Class Number Class Name Patents
280/479.3 Extensible swingable tow bar with coacting guide for centering 57
280/479.2 Telescoping drawbar swingable on horizontal guide 47
280/479.1 With motor 73


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7607678 Trailer hitching machine Oct. 27, 2009
7604249 Trailer-coupling arrangement Oct. 20, 2009
7584984 Telescoping and swiveling hitch assembly Sep. 8, 2009
7490846 Self-adjusting fifth wheel trailer hitch Feb. 17, 2009
7461855 Interlocking device for telescopic tow bar legs Dec. 9, 2008
7425014 Trailer hitch Sep. 16, 2008
7338062 Swivelling extender tow hitch and method of centering and locking same Mar. 4, 2008
7309076 Towing hitch assembly Dec. 18, 2007
7293791 Telescoping and swiveling hitch assembly Nov. 13, 2007
7216886 Trailer coupling May. 15, 2007
7125036 Monolithic, double-ball hitch Oct. 24, 2006
7097193 Gooseneck trailer hitch and method Aug. 29, 2006
7004492 Monolithic, double-ball hitch Feb. 28, 2006
6974148 Low-profile, hitch-concealing mount Dec. 13, 2005
6948734 Trailer hitching apparatus Sep. 27, 2005
6902181 Trailer hitch having rapid adjustment Jun. 7, 2005
6598897 Apparatus for attaching a towing device to a vehicle Jul. 29, 2003
6511089 Device for attaching to a tow hitch attached to a vehicle Jan. 28, 2003
6409201 Trailer coupling Jun. 25, 2002
6382653 Vehicle hitch positioning apparatus and method May. 7, 2002
6361269 Multicombination vehicle and method for transporting a payload in an underground mine Mar. 26, 2002
6357779 Hitch assemblies for connecting a trailer to a tow vehicle Mar. 19, 2002
6328326 Self-aligning hitch Dec. 11, 2001
6286852 Self-aligning hitch Sep. 11, 2001
6227305 Lower steering arm assembly for an attaching device of a tractor May. 8, 2001
6186532 Trailer coupler Feb. 13, 2001
6142500 Adjustable, weight distributing trailer hitch apparatus with spring dampening assembly Nov. 7, 2000
6126188 Unihitch assembly Oct. 3, 2000
6070555 Portable apparatus for containing an animal and method of use Jun. 6, 2000
6062801 Multicombination vehicle and method for transporting a payload in an underground mine May. 16, 2000
6032973 Trailer hitch with telescoping guide Mar. 7, 2000
5997024 Hitch mechanism Dec. 7, 1999
5975552 Self-aligning trailer hitch Nov. 2, 1999
5740930 Connecting mechanism for connecting a mobile unit to a basic unit Apr. 21, 1998
5727805 Adjustably extensible trailer hitch assembly Mar. 17, 1998
5725231 Trailer hitch Mar. 10, 1998
5722678 Trailer coupling assembly Mar. 3, 1998
5671937 Towing apparatus Sep. 30, 1997
5658003 Trailer system Aug. 19, 1997
5624129 Retractable trailer tongue Apr. 29, 1997
5580088 Manually operated trailer hitch with extendable swinging boom Dec. 3, 1996
5348329 Trailer with combined towing and centering devices Sep. 20, 1994
5346243 Folding tow bar apparatus and methods Sep. 13, 1994
5327978 Extendable latchable draft link Jul. 12, 1994
5308100 Trailer coupler assembly May. 3, 1994
5277447 Trailer hitch with alignment adapter Jan. 11, 1994
5261687 Automatic hitch assembly Nov. 16, 1993
5226657 Vehicle towing means Jul. 13, 1993
5203582 Separable improved trailer tongue devices Apr. 20, 1993
5195769 Sliding jack support Mar. 23, 1993

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