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US 12,337,629 B2Granted
Hitch apparatus and method
OwnerCasey Finesinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus having a hitch arm having a cross beam. The cross beam has a first end and a second end. A first hitch member is adjacently coupled to the first end. A second hitch member is adjacently coupled to the second end. A hitch receiver is coupled to the cross beam. A first hitch frame is rotatably coupled to the first hitch member A second hitch frame is rotatably coupled to the second hitch member. A first extender is coupled to the first hitch frame and the first hitch member. A second extender is coupled to the second hitch frame and the second hitch member.
Claims14
An apparatus comprising:
- a hitch arm having:
- a cross beam having a first end and a second end;
- a first hitch member adjacently coupled to the first end;
- a second hitch member adjacently coupled to the second end;
- and
- a hitch receiver coupled to the cross beam;
- a first hitch frame rotatably coupled to the first hitch member;
- a second hitch frame rotatably coupled to the second hitch member;
- a first extender coupled to the first hitch frame and the first hitch member;
- and
- a second extender coupled to the second hitch frame and the second hitch member;
- wherein the first hitch member is couplable to the first hitch frame by a first locking actuator, and wherein the second hitch member is couplable to the second hitch frame by a second locking actuator.
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A system comprising:
- a mobile vehicle having a vehicle frame;
- a hitch apparatus coupled to the vehicle frame, the hitch apparatus having:
- a hitch arm having:
- a cross beam having a first end and a second end;
- a first hitch member adjacently coupled to the first end;
- a second hitch member adjacently coupled to the second end;
- and
- a hitch receiver coupled to the cross beam;
- a first hitch frame rotatably coupled to the first hitch member;
- a second hitch frame rotatably coupled to the second hitch member;
- a first extender coupled to the first hitch frame and the first hitch member;
- and
- a second extender coupled to the second hitch frame and the second hitch member;
- wherein the first hitch member is couplable to the first hitch frame by a first locking actuator;
- and wherein the second hitch member is couplable to the second hitch frame by a second locking actuator.
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A method comprising:
- coupling a hitch apparatus to a vehicle frame, the hitch apparatus having:
- a hitch arm having:
- a cross beam having a first end and a second end;
- a first hitch member adjacently coupled to the first end;
- a second hitch member adjacently coupled to the second end;
- and
- a hitch receiver coupled to the cross beam;
- a first hitch frame rotatably coupled to the first hitch member;
- a second hitch frame rotatably coupled to the second hitch member;
- a first extender coupled to the first hitch frame and the first hitch member;
- and
- a second extender coupled to the second hitch frame and the second hitch member;
- and wherein the first hitch member is couplable to the first hitch frame by locking actuators;
- and wherein the second hitch member is couplable to the second hitch frame by locking actuators;
- coupling a ball mount to the hitch receiver;
- activating the first extender and second extender such that the hitch arm rotates away from the first hitch member and second hitch member;
- aligning the hitch receiver to a trailer coupler;
- activating the first extender and second extender such that the hitch arm rotates toward the first hitch member and second hitch member;
- coupling the ball mount to the trailer coupler.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.