SYSTEM FOR ROPING PRACTICE
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250100333A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-27

    申请号:US18893354

    申请日:2024-09-23

    Applicant: Dallon Sagers

    Abstract: A system for roping practice includes a vehicle, a roping dummy, and a hitch device couplable between the vehicle and the roping dummy. A switch on or near a bumper of the vehicle is configured to stop the vehicle from moving, allowing for a riderless vehicle. When a user lassos and pulls against the roping dummy, the switch is actuated, thereby ceasing forward movement of the vehicle. Once the user is ready to lasso again, the user may initiate the drive mode of the vehicle once more. In some examples, the vehicle is autonomously driven using a navigation system and/or one or more transmitters positioned along the boundaries of a practice arena.

    Trailer hitch
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12208653B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-28

    申请号:US17678592

    申请日:2022-02-23

    Applicant: James Nagy

    Inventor: James Nagy

    Abstract: A trailer hitch apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a tubular receiving member, a base, an arm extending from the base, a first tow ball having a threaded shaft, and a second tow ball having a threaded opening configured to selectively couple to the threaded shaft of the first tow ball. The tubular receiving member is configured to be removably attached to a vehicle. A retainer assembly is configured to be selectively engage the first tow ball.

    SINGLE MOTION SYSTEM FOR COUPLING A TRAILER HITCH

    公开(公告)号:US20250001817A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-02

    申请号:US18344687

    申请日:2023-06-29

    Abstract: A trailer hitch including a tube having ball socket, a top plate connected to the tube, where the top plate includes an opening designed and configured to receive a hitch ball. The trailer hitch also includes a lower plate, where the top plate includes an opening designed and configured to receive a hitch ball, and where the lower plate is connected to the top plate via first and second sidewalls, and the top plate, lower plate and first and second sidewalls form a space. The trailer hitch further includes a slide plate positioned within the space and configured to slide between the top plate and lower plate, where the top plate includes an opening designed and configured to receive a hitch ball, and the slide plate may be configured to move between an open position and a closed position, where the open position enables a hitch ball to pass through the opening of the slide plate and the closed position prevents a hitch ball from passing through the opening in the slide plate.

    WEIGHT DISTRIBUTING TRAILER HITCH

    公开(公告)号:US20240416694A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-19

    申请号:US18439224

    申请日:2024-02-12

    Abstract: A weight distributing trailer hitch and associated method are described. The weight distributing trailer hitch can include a hitch portion for interfacing with a hitch receiver associated with a vehicle. The weight distributing trailer hitch can also include a ball portion to facilitate coupling with a tongue of a trailer. In one embodiment, the weight distributing trailer hitch can further include a spring bar vertically pivotal relative to the hitch portion, and an adjustment mechanism actuatable to selectively adjust a tilt angle of the spring bar relative to the hitch portion to vary preload on the spring bar and adjustably distribute weight of the trailer relative to the vehicle. In another embodiment, the weight distributing trailer hitch can further include a spring bar for distributing weight of the trailer relative to the vehicle, and a load measurement device to determine a magnitude of a downward force on the hitch ball

    HITCH VIBRATION DAMPENER
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20240391281A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-28

    申请号:US18202949

    申请日:2023-05-28

    Abstract: A height adjustable tow mount assembly wherein locked engagement of corresponding through holes disposed in a tow mount member and an elongate member compresses a dampener member between an abutting front surface of the hitch platform elongate member and a rear surface of the tow mount member to thereby reduce movement and associated vibration between the hitch platform and tow mount member.

    Ball Hitch with Lubricant Flow System
    8.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240336097A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-10

    申请号:US18613949

    申请日:2024-03-22

    CPC classification number: B60D1/586 B60D1/06

    Abstract: A ball hitch includes a base flange, a coupler ball, and a stem portion connected between the coupler ball and the base flange. A lubricant inlet is mounted in the base flange within a recessed indentation. A lubricant outlet in the coupler ball is positioned at a lateral side opposite the lubricant inlet. A lubricant channel extending between the lubricant inlet and the lubricant outlet is canted at an angle through the ball hitch. The ball hitch provides an improvement for lubricant coating of the coupler ball, protection of the lubricant inlet, among other features disclosed herein.

    Hitch assembly
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12109857B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-08

    申请号:US18210335

    申请日:2023-06-15

    CPC classification number: B60D1/52 B60D1/065 B60D1/145 B60D1/485

    Abstract: A vehicle hitch assembly is provided. The receiver tube is connectable with a bumper structure and defines a longitudinally-extending opening. The hitch assembly includes a drawbar assembly with an elongated body and a rod. The elongated body is dimensioned to be received within the opening in the receiver tube and defines a longitudinally-extending passageway. The rod is rotatably received within the longitudinally-extending passageway between a first position and a second position. The rod includes a detent feature that couples together the elongated body and the receiver tube when the rod is rotated to the second position and detaches the elongated body and the receiver tube when the rod is rotated to the first position.

    Spring Bar Coupling Device for a Weight Distributing Trailer Hitch

    公开(公告)号:US20240262139A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-08

    申请号:US18439372

    申请日:2024-02-12

    CPC classification number: B60D1/247 B60D1/06 B60D1/52 B60R9/06

    Abstract: A spring bar coupling device is described for coupling a spring bar of a weight distributing trailer hitch to a trailer frame. The spring bar coupling device can include a spring bar support operable to interface with and support a spring bar of a weight distributing trailer hitch. The spring bar support can have a vertical support arm having a first coupler opening, and a lower spring bar stop extending from the vertical support arm to provide a lower interface for the spring bar. The spring bar coupling device can also include a channel bracket having at least two opposing walls defining a vertically oriented channel operable to receive the vertical support arm, and a second coupler opening in at least one of the two walls. The first and second coupler openings can be configured to be aligned with one another at a first coupling location when the vertical support arm is located at least partially within the vertically oriented channel. In addition, the spring bar coupling device can include at least one coupler operable to extend into the first and second coupler openings to couple the spring bar support to the channel bracket.

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