Hitch ball mount and method of forming the hitch ball mount
OwnerFrancis Bernart, Thomas DePietroinventors
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Abstract
A hitch ball mount is shown and described. The hitch ball mount may include a generally tubular body having first and second end portions, the first end portion engageable with a hitch receiver of a towing vehicle, and a drop portion monolithic with the tubular body and formed between the first and second end portions of the tubular member. The hitch ball mount may further include a hitch ball mounting portion monolithic with the drop portion and tubular body, the hitch ball mounting portion formed at the second end portion of the tubular member and extending from the drop portion, where a hitch ball is selectively attachable to the hitch ball mounting portion.
Claims18
A method of forming a hitch ball mount comprising the steps of:
- providing a generally tubular member having first and second end portions;
- stamping the tubular member between the first and second end portions forming a drop portion;
- and
- stamping the second end portion of the tubular member forming at least a portion of a hitch ball mounting portion.
A method of forming a hitch ball mount comprising the steps of:
- providing a generally tubular member having first and second end portions;
- inserting the tubular member into a die;
- and
- stamping the tubular member forming a drop portion and a hitch ball mounting portion.
A method of forming a hitch ball mount comprising the steps of:
- providing a generally tubular member having first and second end portions, wherein the first end portion is selectively attachable to a hitch receiver of a towing vehicle;
- inserting the tubular member into a die;
- stamping the tubular member between the first and second end portions forming a drop portion;
- and
- stamping the tubular member at the second end portion forming a hitch ball mounting portion.
A method of forming a hitch ball mount comprising the steps of:
- providing a monolithic tubular member having first and second end portions with a cavity extending between the first and second end portions;
- stamping the tubular member between the first and second end portions forming a drop portion;
- stamping the tubular member at the second end portion forming a hitch ball mounting portion;
- and
- generally eliminating the cavity from the hitch ball mounting portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.