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Abstract

An improved gooseneck trailer coupler device includes a body having an off-center, downwardly directed recessed socket in a bottom wall for receiving a ball-type hitch of a towing vehicle; a latching plate with an orifice spaced in slidable, rotational and abutting face-to-face relationship with the bottom wall such that the orifice aligns with the recessed socket in an unlatched configuration and misaligns with the recessed socket in a latch configuration confining the hitch to the recessed socket; a latching mechanism for positioning the latching plate in the latched and unlatched configurations; and a locking mechanism for automatically locking the latching plate in the latched configuration. A modified embodiment provides a latching plate extension pivotally connected to a bottom wall extension for positioning a latching plate having an orifice relative to a bottom wall having a recessed socket.

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