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US 12,649,339 B2Granted
Hitch vibration dampener
AssigneeAdvanced Engineering Group, LLC
InventorsArvinder Singh, Hardeep Singh, Jeff Good
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Abstract
A height adjustable tow mount assembly wherein locked engagement of corresponding through holes disposed in a tow mount member and an elongate member compresses a dampener member between an abutting front surface of the hitch platform elongate member and a rear surface of the tow mount member to thereby reduce movement and associated vibration between the hitch platform and tow mount member.
Claims23
A tow mount assembly for hitching a tow accessory to a vehicle, comprising:
- a hitch platform having a shank tube member configured for telescoped coupled engagement within a receiver tube attached to the vehicle, an elongate member disposed on a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the shank tube member having a front surface opposite a shank tube end, wherein the elongate member includes a plurality of through holes orthogonally disposed to the longitudinal axis of the elongate member such that the plurality of through holes are equidistantly spaced back from the front surface of the elongate member;
- a tow mount member having a base portion with a rear surface disposed between a pair of opposed flanges extending outwardly from the rear surface and a receiver end opposite to the rear surface, wherein the pair of opposed flanges are configured for slidable correspondence with the elongate member of the hitch platform, wherein the pair of opposed flanges have one or more paired side holes disposed in aligned parallel correspondence with the plurality of through holes of the elongate member;
- a dampener member affixed to at least a portion of the rear surface of the base portion disposed between the pair of opposed flanges or at least a portion of the front surface of the elongate member;
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- at least one fastening member configured for coupling at least one of the plurality of through holes of the elongate member between the paired side holes of the opposed flanges such that seated engagement of the at least one fastening member with the side holes securely couples the elongate member between the pair of opposed flanges such that the front surface of the elongate member is securely aligned with the rear surface of the base portion so as to press the dampener member upon the rear surface of the base portion.
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A tow mount assembly for hitching a tow accessory to a vehicle, comprising:
- a hitch platform having a shank tube member having an elongate end portion configured for telescoped coupled engagement within a receiver tube attached to the tow vehicle, a channel member having a recessed column disposed between opposed flanges, wherein the shank tube member is affixed to a back surface of the recessed column such that the channel member is longitudinally disposed along a substantially perpendicular axis opposite to the elongate end portion of the shank tube, and wherein a plurality of spaced pairs of aligned side holes are disposed in the opposed flanges;
- a tow mount member having a base portion configured for slidable correspondence with the channel member, wherein the base portion has a planar rear surface between a pair of opposed side walls, and wherein at least one through hole is disposed in parallel alignment with the planar rear surface, and wherein a receiver end opposite to the planar rear surface includes at least three tow accessory mounts radially disposed in different directions from the base portion;
- a dampener member affixed to at least a portion of the recessed column of the channel member or the planar rear surface of the base-portion;
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- at least one fastening member configured for coupling the at least one through hole of the base portion between the paired side holes of the channel member such that securing the base portion in abutted alignment with the recessed channel of the hitch platform compresses the dampener member against the channel member.
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A tow mount assembly for hitching a tow accessory to a vehicle, comprising:
- a hitch platform having a shank tube member having an elongate end portion configured for telescoped coupled engagement within a receiver tube attached to the tow vehicle, a channel member having a recessed column disposed between opposed flanges, wherein the shank tube member is affixed to a back surface of the recessed column such that the channel member is longitudinally disposed along a substantially perpendicular axis opposite to the elongate end portion of the shank tube, and wherein a plurality of spaced pairs of aligned side holes are disposed in the opposed flanges;
- a tow mount member having a base portion opposite a distal receiver end, wherein the base portion includes a rear member having opposed flanges perpendicularly disposed between a recessed rear face, wherein the opposed flanges are configured for slidable correspondence within the channel member, and wherein the opposed flanges of the rear member have a plurality of spaced pairs of aligned through holes configured for aligned correspondence with the plurality of spaced pairs of aligned side holes of the flanges of the channel member;
- a dampener member affixed to the recessed rear face;
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- at least one fastening member configured for coupling at least one of the spaced pairs of aligned side holes of the flanges of the channel member and a corresponding one of the spaced pairs of through holes of the base portion such that coupled engagement of the fastening member with the aligned side holes of the channel member and a corresponding one of the spaced pairs of through holes in the rear member of the base portion presses the dampener member against the channel member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.