Unique adjustable trailer-locking system, having unique quick-size-release, quick-size-assembly, and quick-size-switch trailer lock for securely locking hitch-ball receivers of all standardized sizes, and for eliminating cavities inside hitch-ball receivers to prevent crowbar-insertion trailer theft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9701169-B2
Application number	US-201514732763-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2015
Priority date	Jun 8, 2014
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

A unique adjustable trailer-locking system comprises a locking ball, a lock, a locking pin, a key, and first, second, third, and fourth size-adjusting caps. The locking ball has a through hole. Each of the first, second, third, and fourth size-adjusting caps has a dome shape and a hollow shaft attached to its center. Each of the hollow shafts can be inserted into the through hole or another hollow shaft to assemble, disassemble, and switch the size of the locking ball, to fit inside a hitch-ball receiver of one of standardized sizes to eliminate all the gaps therebetween, to prevent a crowbar from being inserted therebetween to pry the locking ball off. The locking pin is for being inserted through a hitch-ball-receiver lever and through the lock. The key is for turning the lock to secure the locking pin and the hitch-ball-receiver lever.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An adjustable trailer-locking system, capable of quick size switches for fitting inside hitch-ball-receivers of multiple sizes to eliminate cavities therein to disable them to prevent theft, comprising:
a ball, said ball having a spherical shape, said ball having a through-hole molded through said ball and along the central axis of said ball, said ball for fitting inside and disabling one of said hitch-ball-receivers to prevent foreign objects from being inserted therebetween to prevent theft;
a neck, said neck having a frustum shape, said neck having a top surface and a bottom surface, said top surface attached to said ball such that said top surface is parallel with said through-hole of said ball;
a body, said body having a round cylindrical shape, said body having a top end and a bottom end, said top end attached to said bottom surface of said neck;
a ring, said ring attached to said bottom end of said body, said ring for holding on to operate said ball;
a first cap,
said first cap having a dome shape, said first cap having a first center;

a first shaft,
said first shaft being hollow, said first shaft attached to said first center;

a second cap,
said second cap having a dome shape, said second cap having a second center,
said first and said second caps for releasably and oppositely covering and increasing the size of said ball to fit inside and to disable one of said hitch-ball-receivers to prevent foreign objects from being inserted therebetween to prevent theft;

a second shaft,
said second shaft being hollow, said second shaft attached to said second center,
said first and said second shafts for releasably and oppositely being inserted into said through-hole of said ball;

a third cap,
said third cap having a dome shape, said third cap having a third center;

a third shaft,
said third shaft being solid, said third shaft attached to said third center;

a fourth cap,
said fourth cap having a dome shape, said fourth cap having a fourth center,
said third and said fourth caps for releasably and oppositely covering and increasing the size of said first and said second caps respectively to fit inside and to disable one of said hitch-ball-receivers to prevent foreign objects from being inserted therebetween to prevent theft; and

a fourth shaft,
said fourth shaft being solid, said fourth shaft attached to said fourth center,
said third and said fourth shafts for releasably and oppositely being inserted into said first and said second shafts respectively.

2. The adjustable trailer-locking system of claim 1 , wherein, the adjustable trailer-locking system is partially or entirely made of one or more metallic materials.

3. The adjustable trailer-locking system of claim 1 , wherein, the adjustable trailer-locking system is partially or entirely made of one or more plastic composite materials.

4. The adjustable trailer-locking system of claim 1 , further, comprising a lever, a plurality of lever holes drilled through said lever, a locking arm, a lock having a key hole, a key, and a locking pin, said lever swivelingly connected to said locking arm such that said locking arm locks said ball inside one of said hitch-ball-receivers when said lever is pushed down, and such that said locking arm unlocks said ball from one of said hitch-ball-receivers when said lever is lifted up, said lock for interlocking with said locking pin and said lever when said locking pin is inserted through said lock and said lever, said key for being inserted into said key hole to switch said lock between locking said locking pin and unlocking said locking pin.

5. An adjustable trailer-locking system, capable of quick size switches for fitting inside hitch-ball-receivers of multiple sizes to eliminate cavities therein to disable them to prevent theft, comprising:
a ball, said ball having a spherical shape, said ball having a through-hole molded through said ball and along the central axis of said ball, said ball for fitting inside and disabling one of said hitch-ball-receivers to prevent foreign objects from being inserted therebetween to prevent theft;
a first cap,
said first cap having a dome shape, said first cap having a first center;

a first shaft,
said first shaft being hollow, said first shaft attached to said first center;

a second cap,
said second cap having a dome shape, said second cap having a second center,
said first and said second caps for releasably and oppositely covering and increasing the size of said ball to fit inside and to disable one of said hitch-ball-receivers to prevent foreign objects from being inserted therebetween to prevent theft;

a second shaft,
said second shaft being hollow, said second shaft attached to said second center,
said first and said second shafts for releasably and oppositely being inserted into said through-hole of said ball;

a third cap,
said third cap having a dome shape, said third cap having a third center;

a third shaft,
said third shaft being solid, said third shaft attached to said third center;

a fourth cap,
said fourth cap having a dome shape, said fourth cap having a fourth center,
said third and said fourth caps for releasably and oppositely covering and increasing the size of said first and said second caps respectively to fit inside and to disable one of said hitch-ball-receivers to prevent foreign objects from being inserted therebetween to prevent theft; and

a fourth shaft,
said fourth shaft being solid, said fourth shaft attached to said fourth center,
said third and said fourth shafts for releasably and oppositely being inserted into said first and said second shafts respectively.

6. The adjustable trailer-locking system of claim 5 , wherein, the adjustable trailer-locking system is partially or entirely made of one or more metallic materials.

7. The adjustable trailer-locking system of claim 5 , wherein, the adjustable trailer-locking system is partially or entirely made of one or more plastic composite materials.

8. The adjustable trailer-locking system of claim 5 , further, comprising a lever, a plurality of lever holes drilled through said lever, a locking arm, a lock having a key hole, a key, and a locking pin, said lever swivelingly connected to said locking arm such that said locking arm locks said ball inside one of said hitch-ball receivers when said lever is pushed down, and such that said locking arm unlocks said ball from one of said hitch-ball receivers when said lever is lifted up, said lock for interlocking with said locking pin and said lever when said locking pin is inserted through said lock and said lever, said key for being inserted into said key hole to switch said lock between locking said locking pin and unlocking said locking pin.

Assignees

• Volin Dee

Inventors

• Volin Dee

Classifications

• B60D1/06

  Ball-and-socket hitches · CPC title

• B60D1/60 Primary

  Covers, caps or guards {, e.g. comprising anti-theft devices} · CPC title