Anhängevorrichtung für insbesondere Personenkraftwagen

摘要

The invention relates to a towing device for motor vehicles, in particular for passenger vehicles, which comprises a receiving part attachable to the rear of the motor vehicle, a ball collar on which a coupling ball is mounted and which can be connected to the receiving part, and attachment means which can be used to attach the ball collar to the receiving part in a detachable manner. The object of the invention is to improve said towing device in such a manner that it has as stable a structure as possible. Said object is attained in that the receiving part is in the form of a receiving sleeve (24), the ball collar (14) is provided with an end section (22) insertable into the receiving sleeve (24) in a direction (52) of insertion, the receiving sleeve (24) and the ball collar (14) are provided with co-operating positively engaging elements (42, 44, 46, 48) which can be engaged by the movement in the direction (52) of insertion and form in said position for the ball collar in the direction (52) of insertion a stop and a second transverse guide, and the attachment means (60) when locked holds the positively engaged elements (42, 44, 46, 48) in position with a force component parallel to the direction (52) of insertion.