Hitch mounting assembly with an integrated recovery attachment interface
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKeith WESTON, Fernando Enrique SOSA, Todd SODERQUIST
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Abstract
A hitch assembly of a vehicle may include a body operably coupled to a rear of the vehicle, the body including a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall, and a fourth sidewall defining a receiving channel, a hitch attachment interface integrated with the body, and formed on the second sidewall and the fourth sidewall to operably couple a hitch stem disposed at the receiving channel to the body, and a recovery attachment interface integrated with the body. The recovery attachment interface may be separate from the hitch attachment interface, and the recovery attachment interface may be configured to receive and secure an anchor of a soft shackle.
Claims20
A hitch mounting assembly of a vehicle, the hitch assembly comprising:
- a body operably coupled to a rear of the vehicle, the body including a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall, and a fourth sidewall defining a receiving channel;
- a hitch attachment interface integrated with the body, and formed on the second sidewall and the fourth sidewall to operably couple a hitch stem disposed at the receiving channel to the body;
- and
- a recovery attachment interface integrated with the body,
- wherein the recovery attachment interface is separate from the hitch attachment interface, and
- wherein the recovery attachment interface is configured to receive and secure an anchor of a soft shackle.
A recovery attachment interface of a hitch mounting assembly of a vehicle, the hitch mounting assembly comprising:
- a body operably coupled to a rear of the vehicle, the body including a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall, and a fourth sidewall defining a receiving channel;
- and
- a hitch attachment interface integrated with the body, and formed on the second sidewall and the fourth sidewall to operably couple a hitch stem disposed at the receiving channel to the body,
- wherein the recovery attachment interface integrated with the body,
- wherein the recovery attachment interface is separate from the hitch attachment interface, and
- wherein the recovery attachment interface is configured to receive and secure an anchor of a soft shackle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.