Apparatus for attaching a hitch to a vehicle

An apparatus for attaching a hitch to a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

• a) insertion means rotatably mountable to the hitch and having a handle for rotating the insertion means;
• b) receiving means for receiving the insertion means, the receiving means being formed in the vehicle;
• c) locking means defined by a channel formed in one of the insertion means and the receiving means, the channel extending about a longitudinal axis of the one of the insertion means and the receiving means and having a generally circular cross-section;
• d) bypass means intersecting the channel and extending longitudinally from the channel to an end of the one of the insertion means and the receiving means;
• and
• e) protruding means for lockably engaging the locking means, the protruding means being on the other of the receiving means and the insertion means,
• whereby the bypass means permits insertion of the insertion means into the receiving means to align the locking means and the protruding means such that rotation of the insertion means lockably engages the protruding means in the locking means to attach the hitch to the vehicle.