| THE COAST DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INC. Patent applications |
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| 20110230085 | TRAILER JACK WITH ELECTRICAL PLUG STORAGE - A plug storage assembly mounted to a jack. The jack may be used for raising and lowering a trailer through use of an electric motor configured to actuate the jack, with power supplied to the motor by a cord with a plug, the plug having a plug body and a distal end. The plug storage assembly is configured to support the plug with the distal end of the plug covered so that the plug is protected from environmental conditions. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110109061 | SLIDING HITCH ASSEMBLY - Examples of sliding hitch assemblies, and locking mechanisms therefor are disclosed. Sliding hitch assemblies include a pair of slide rails slidably supporting a fifth wheel. Each of the slide rails in turn includes a driving position locking pin that selectively locks the fifth wheel in a driving position, and a maneuvering position locking pin that selectively locks the fifth wheel in a maneuvering position. A cam member is slidably mounted inside each slide rail, and includes a first cam surface that unlocks the driving position locking pin when the cam member is in a first position, and a second cam surface that unlocks the maneuvering position locking pin when the cam member is in a second position. The fifth wheel is mounted on a pair of downwardly facing U-shaped members slidably supported on the slide rails, and a wear block is interposed each slide rail and a corresponding one of the U-shaped members. An adjustable element may be moved relative to the corresponding one of the U-shaped members to stay adjacent the one of slide rails as the wear block wears during use. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20100084836 | FIFTH WHEEL HITCH - A fifth wheel hitch assembly is provided for use with a kingpin, the hitch assembly including a hitch frame including a throat for receiving the kingpin therein, a jaw member pivotally coupled to the hitch frame and moveable between an open orientation and a closed orientation, and a locking arm having a cooperative relationship with the jaw member. One of the jaw member and locking arm defines a guide surface and another of the jaw member and locking arm includes a follower configured to traverse the guide surface, traverse of the follower along a guide segment of the guide surface directing rotation of the jaw member between the open orientation and the closed orientation, and traverse of the follower along a lock segment directing releasable locking of the jaw member in the closed orientation. | 04-08-2010 |
