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US 4,380,344 AGranted
Trailer hitch cycle rack
OwnerFrederick H. Abbottinventor
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Abstract
A cycle rack for a trailer hitch the construction being such as to easily mount and dismount the cycle rack at the same time allowing for the normal function of the trailer hitch.
Claims2
In combination with a trailer hitch for securing a power vehicle with respect to a trailer, said trailer hitch including a plate on the vehicle and a ball on the plate, that improvement which includes a support for a cycle rack located on said trailer hitch and leaving the hitch free of impediments so it can be used in the normal way,
- said improvement comprising means forming a socket, means to connect the same with respect to one part of the trailer hitch, said socket being spaced from the operative parts of the hitch,
- a cycle rack, a depending column supporting said cycle rack, and means for securing said column at the lower end thereof with respect to said socket in upright condition of said column, said socket being horizontal and said column including a foot extending at an angle thereto for reception in said horizontal socket,
- means to attach the ball to the plate on the vehicle, and the socket forming means including a plate secured between the ball and the plate to which the ball is secured by the ball attaching means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.