Tow hitch system
CA 1304104 C · Owner: Likei, Arthur · Inventors: Likei, Arthur
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A tow hitch system comprising a tow bar to be secured to a towing and to a towed vehicle. The towing vehicle includes spaced openings adjacent to the point where the tow bar is secured. There is an anchor point on the tow bar. A chain received at the anchor point. A pair of safety catches at each end of the chain engage the spaced openings. Each safety catch comprises a central limb to be received in an opening. Side limbs extend from each end of the central limb to contact opposed sides of an area of the towing vehicle adjacent the point where the tow bar is secured to maintain the catch in position. The system is easy to make and very easy to use yet safe in use.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted June 23, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 23, 2009.
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Sources & verification
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