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US 2002/0171225 A1Published application
Storable trailer hitch
OwnerEdward C. Adairinventor
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Abstract
A rugged heavy duty construction for a pivotally mounted hitch receiver that may be pivoted to a stored position from an operating position either alone or without removing a ball mount member inserted therein is shown.
Claims11
A trailer hitch comprising:
- a frame member adapted to be mounted on a vehicle;
- a generally hollow hitch receiver adapted to selectively receive therein a ball mount member;
- hinge means fixed to at least one side of said hitch receiver and said frame member;
- latching means operatively connected to said hitch receiver and said frame member for selectively securing said hitch receiver in towing position and stored position relative to a vehicle on which said frame member is mounted;
- whereby a ball mount member fixed in said hitch receiver may selectively be positioned in a towing or stored position without removal therefrom.
2 more elements
In a trailer hitch apparatus a ball mount receiving member for selectively positioning a ball mount member in operative and stored positions which comprises:
- a first frame member having upper and lower surfaces adapted to be mounted to the lower rear frame of a towing vehicle;
- a bottom plate fixed to the lower surface of said frame member;
- a top plate fixed to the upper surface of said frame member opposite said bottom plate;
- a hollow hitch receiver member positioned between said bottom and top plates and having an open front end and a back end;
- at least one hinge member formed adjacent said receiver member back end on one side thereof
- a hinge pin fixed in said top plate and said bottom plate and extending through said at least one hinge member;
- whereby said hollow hitch receiver member may be pivoted from an extended towing position to a retracted stored position without removing a ball mount member fixed therein.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.