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US 2026/0061791 A1Published application
Hitch pin lock guard
OwnerGary L. Nelsoninventor
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Abstract
Disclosed are a method and device for securely attaching a trailer hitch ball mount assembly to a trailer hitch. In one application, a hitch pin lock guard may be shaped to fit over a trailer hitch pin while the trailer hitch pin is disposed through aligned holes of a trailer hitch and ball mount assembly. In an example, implementation, an exterior of hitch pin lock guard may be tapered so that a cross-sectional of the hitch pin lock guard decreases as the hitch pin lock guard extends away from the trailer hitch.
Claims13
A method comprising:
- inserting a ball mount assembly into a trailer hitch while aligning holes of the ball mount assembly and the trailer hitch;
- inserting a hitch pin through the aligned holes;
- disposing a hitch pin lock guard over an exposed end of the hitch pin, the hitch pin lock guard being tapered to decrease a cross-section relative to an axis of the hitch pin extending to a distal end away from the trailer hitch;
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- positioning a lock on the exposed end of the hitch pin to secure the hitch pin lock guard in place.
2 more elements
An apparatus comprising:
- a hitch pin lock guard to fit over a hitch pin while the hitch pin is through aligned holes of a trailer hitch and ball mount assembly, wherein:
- an exterior of the hitch pin lock guard is tapered so that a cross-sectional of the hitch pin lock guard relative to an axis of the hitch pin decreases from a point of abutment of the hitch pin lock guard with an exterior of the trailer hitch to a distal end of the hitch pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.