Trailer hitch

Claim 1

A TRAILER HITCH COMPRISING, A TUBULAR HOUSING HAVING FIRST AND SECOND MEANS FOR ATTACHING THE HOUSING TO THE REAR PORTION OF A VEHICLE ON THE UNDERSURFACE THEREOF END FORWARD OF THE REAR BUMPER, AN ELONGATED REMOVABLE HITCH MEMBER HAVING A CROSS-SECTION SYMMETRICAL WITH AND SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE INTERIOR CROSS-SECTION OF THE TUBULAR HOUSING, SAID ELONGATED REMOVABLE HITCH MEMBER BEING ADAPTED TO BE FITTED INTO THE TUBULAR HOUSING WITH A PORTION THEREOF PROJECTING FROM A TUBUALR HOUSING AND BEYOND THE REAR BUMPER, A BALL TYPE HITCH FLANGE POSITIONED AT THE EXTREMITY OF THE EXPOSED PORTION OF SAID HITCH MEMBER, A LATCH FRAME SLIDABY THERETO, APERTUBULAR HOUSING AND INCLUDING A PIN SECURED THERETO, APERTURE MEANS IN THE TUBULAR HOUSING AND HITCH MEMBER BEING ALINGED WHEN THE HITCH MEMBER IS POSITIONED WITHIN THE TUBULAR HOUSING AND RECEIVING SAID PIN ON THE LATCH FRAME, BIAS MEANS ON THE LATCH FRAME URGING SAID LATCH FRAME TO A POSITION WHEREIN SAID PIN IS INSERTED THROUGH THE APERTURE MEANS IN THE TUBULAR HOUSING AND THE HITCH MEMBER, SAID LATCH FRAME ENCIRCLING THE TUBULAR HOUSING AND HAVING A DIMENSION IN THE AXIAL DIRECTION OF SAID APERTURE IN SAID TUBULAR HOUSING SUCH THAT THE LATCH FRAME MEMBER AND THE PIN THEREON SECURED TO THE INNER SURFACE OF THE LATCH FRAME IS MOVABLE IN SAID AXIAL DIRECTION A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF THE PIN, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO THE TUBULAR HOUSING FOR ENGAGING THE LATCH FRAME FOR OVERCOMING THE BIAS MEANS AND REMOVING SAID PIN FROM THE APERTURE TO PERMIT REMOVAL OF THE HITCH MEMBER FROM THE TUBULAR HOUSING.