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PCT No. PCT/US97/09368 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 22, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 22, 1998 PCT Filed May 28, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/45279 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 4, 1997A weight distributing and sway controlling hitch assembly for towing a trailer behind a vehicle includes a hitch bar for mounting to a vehicle. The hitch assembly also includes a ball mount head carried on the hitch bar and a hitch connector carried on the ball mount head. A pair of friction pads are also provided for mounting on the trailer. Additionally, the hitch assembly includes a pair of shoes, each of the shoes being received on one of the pair of friction pads while allowing relative sliding movement thereto. Still further, the hitch assembly includes a pair of spring bars for distributing trailer weight relative to the vehicle. Each of the spring bars includes a proximal end mounted to the ball mount head and a distal end for engaging one of the shoes.
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