Trailer weight distribution hitch system storage device
OwnerTerry Nehringinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle mounted storage device for the ball mount and spring/torsion bar component of a trailer weight distribution system when the equipment is not in use. The storage device is comprised of a horizontal channel where the spring bars can be inserted, a vertical channel, where the ball mount can be inserted, and a horizontal tongue separating the two channels. When the spring bars are inserted into the horizontal channel with the heads of the spring bars resting on the tongue area and the ball mount is inserted into the vertical channel with the hitch ball directly above the spring bar heads, the spring bars are securely confined to the device. Once a locking device has been affixed to the ball mount, the device deters theft of the spring bars and ball mount.
Claims13
A method of manufacturing a trailer system, comprising:
- configuring a spring bar holder to have a spring bar channel;
- configuring the spring bar channel to be rectangular in shape;
- providing a base plate by combining a flat plate, a plurality of sloped support members, a bar, and a vertical shank channel, where (when the base plate is joined to the spring bar holder) the shank channel is perpendicular to the spring bar channel;
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- forming the spring bar channel to be sufficiently wide enough and tall enough to provide a gap to allow a plurality of spring bars to be inserted thereto, but also configuring the spring bar channel to be sufficiently narrow to prevent removal of the plurality of spring bars when a ball mount has been inserted into the shank channel.
A method of manufacturing a trailer system, comprising:
- configuring a spring bar holder having a spring bar channel;
- configuring the spring bar channel to be rectangular in shape;
- configuring a base plate by combining a flat plate, a plurality of support members, a bar, and a vertical shank channel, where (when the base plate is joined to the spring bar holder) the shank channel is perpendicular to the spring bar channel;
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- configuring the spring bar channel to be sufficiently wide enough and tall enough to provide a gap to allow a plurality of spring bars to be inserted thereto, but also configuring the spring bar channel to be sufficiently narrow to prevent removal of the plurality of spring bars when a ball mount has been inserted into the shank channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.