Claims
- 1. A ball hitch apparatus comprising:
- means for receiving a ball portion of a hitch, said means including a member having a ball socket formed therein;
- a first pin pivotally mounted in said member adjacent said socket;
- a cam eccentrically connected to said first pin;
- means for pivoting said cam to a first position into engagement with an associated ball in said socket and to a second position free of engagement with said ball, said means being a lever carried by said first pin;
- means for maintaining said lever in said first position, said means being a second pin resiliently urged against said lever for automatically extending from said member into pivot limiting engagement with said lever in response to said lever being moved to said first position; and
- means for manually moving said second pin out of pivot limiting engagement with said lever.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1 including:
- means for resiliently interconnecting said lever and said member.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 1 including:
- a lubricating port in said member adjacent said socket.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said cam is fixedly connected to said first pin.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 1 including:
- a locking disc connected to a first end of said second pin urged into engagement with said lever; and
- a knob connected to a second end of said second pin, said knob being said means for manually moving said second pin.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 191,043, filed Sept. 25, 1980 now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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