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US 11,376,904 B2Granted
Receiver adapter
AssigneeN-Fab, Inc.
InventorJustin Daniel Fuller
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Abstract
A receiver adapter comprising: a hitch post including: (i) a stable post and (ii) a bias post that is movable relative to the stable post between a removable position and a locked position. The receiver adapter may include a bias member that extends from the stable post to the bias post and, upon movement of an adjuster, the bias post moves relative to the stable post to increase a height or a cross-sectional thickness of the hitch post.
Claims19
A receiver adapter comprising:
- a. a hitch post including:
- i. a stable post that is a substantially hollow square tube and includes a post wedge, wherein the post wedge is a closed face of the stable post, and a bottom surface of the stable post is open;
- and
- ii. a bias post having a bias post wedge that extends at least partially over the post wedge and at least partially rests upon the post wedge so that the bias post is movable relative to the stable post along the post wedge between a removable position and a locked position, wherein the stable post remains stationary relative to a hitch receiver during installation of the hitch post into the hitch receiver while the bias post is moved between the removable position and the locked position;
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- wherein, to reach the locked position, the bias post moves along the post wedge to engage an upper surface of the hitch receiver and increase a cross-sectional thickness of the hitch post.
3 more elements
A receiver adapter comprising:
- a. a hitch post including:
- i. a stable post having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a post wedge extending therebetween;
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- ii. a bias post having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a bias post wedge substantially parallel to the post wedge, the bias post wedge extending at least partially over the post wedge and at least partially rests upon the post wedge so that the bias post is movable relative to the stable post along the post wedge between a removable position and a locked position, wherein the stable post remains stationary relative to a hitch receiver during installation of the hitch post into the hitch receiver while the bias post is moved between the removable position and the locked position;
- and
- wherein, to reach the locked position, the bias post moves along the post wedge to engage an upper surface of the hitch receiver and increase a cross-sectional thickness of the hitch post;
- and
- wherein an extension is attached to the bias post that extends above the upper surface of the bias post and the upper surface of the stable post to contact an inner surface of the hitch receiver.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.