Article: German Inventor Develops Vehicles Towing Device

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 26 -- Armin Rampp of Ursberg/Bayersried, Germany, has developed a pivotable towing device for towing vehicles.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A towing device for towing vehicles has a tow bar movably mounted about at least two axes of rotation, and at least one mechanical drive for moving the tow bar between an operating position and a position of rest. The drive has a mechanism for generating an at least partially superimposed movement of the tow bar about both axes. The preferred features include the axes of rotation being positioned at right angles to each other. The mechanism is designed as a gear unit coupling the pivot axis and the axis of ...

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