Hitch assembly with a recessed draw bar
AssigneeB & W Custom Truck Beds, Inc.
InventorsJoseph W. Works, Travis M. McCall, Michael D. Mueller
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Abstract
A hitch assembly adapted for securement in a tube receiver connected to a towing vehicle below its bumper includes a hitch base with a recessed profile. The hitch base includes a shaft sized for reception in the tube receiver and a draw bar connected to the shaft. The shaft is connected at a first end to an upper portion of the draw bar. The draw bar includes a plurality of pin receiving apertures extending laterally through a lower portion of the draw bar in vertical spaced alignment. The upper portion of the draw bar includes a recessed geometry or reduced profile relative to the lower portion of the draw bar.
Claims18
A hitch assembly including a hitch base adapted for securement in a tube receiver connected to a towing vehicle, the hitch base comprising:
- a draw bar having an upper portion and a lower portion;
- and
- a shaft extending forward from a forward facing surface of an upper portion of the draw bar, the shaft sized for reception in the tube receiver;
- wherein
- the draw bar includes a plurality of first position securement features extending in vertically spaced alignment in the lower portion of the draw bar, and
- the forward facing surface of the upper portion of the draw bar is recessed rearward relative to a front face of at least the upper portion of the draw bar.
A hitch assembly including a hitch base adapted for securement in a tube receiver on a towing vehicle, the hitch base comprising:
- a draw bar having an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion of the draw bar including a plurality of first, position securement features extending in vertically spaced alignment;
- a shaft sized for reception in the tube receiver and extending forward from a receiver abutment surface formed on the upper portion of the draw bar, surrounding the shaft and recessed rearward relative to a front face of the lower portion of the draw bar such that when the shaft is inserted into the tube receiver until a distal end of the tube receiver abuts against the receiver abutment surface, the front face of the lower portion of the draw bar extends under the tube receiver in forward spaced relation relative to the receiver abutment surface.
A hitch assembly including a hitch base adapted for securement in a tube receiver of a towing vehicle, the hitch base comprising:
- a draw bar having a front face and a rear face extending in approximately parallel planar relationship;
- a recess formed in an upper portion of the draw bar and extending rearward from the front face toward the rear face of the draw bar;
- a shaft connected to the upper portion of the draw bar and projecting forward from a receiver abutment surface formed in the upper portion of the draw bar and surrounding the shaft at a rearward end of the recess, the width of the recess is wide enough for a sidewall of the tube receiver to extend into the recess until the distal end of the tube receiver abuts against the receiver abutment surface and the front face of the lower portion of the draw bar extends under the tube receiver in forward spaced relation relative to the receiver abutment surface;
- and
- a plurality of pin receiving apertures formed in the lower portion of the draw bar and extending laterally through the draw bar in vertically spaced alignment and between the front and rear faces of the draw bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.