Abstract: An automatic hitch system which is capable to automatically couple or uncouple a pulling vehicle with a trailing vehicle without the need of the driver to get out of the pulling vehicle. The automatic hitch system comprises a first hitch section to be mounted on a pulling vehicle to be hitched to a second hitch section mounted on a trailing vehicle, and which allow the automatic positioning, coupling and uncoupling of the pulling vehicle with respect to the trailing vehicle. The first hitch section of the invention comprises a bottom channel to receive the extending tongue portion of the pulling vehicle. The bottom channel includes at its lower end a lever with contact flanges to fold up the foot member of the second hitch section underneath the extending drawbar of the trailing vehicle during the coupling operation.

Abstract: To automatically hitch a trailer to a motor vehicle, a first hitch section is mounted on the motor vehicle and a second hitch section is mounted on the forwardly extending tongue of the trailer. The second hitch section comprises a hitch pin vertically mounted on the free end of the trailer's tongue and a guidable member formed of a ground-engaging lower portion and a pyramidal upper portion defining a vertex welded to the lower end of the hitch pin. The pyramidal upper portion is formed with a V-shaped recess that slides on a ramp of the first hitch section to guide the hitch pin toward a mechanism capable of detachably connecting the hitch pin to the first hitch section. The pyramidal configuration enables easy adjustment of the second hitch section to most of the trailer tongues. The ground-engaging portion may include two legs normally placed into a ground-engaging position but mounted on the guidable member for pivoting when they hit the ground while the vehicle is moving.