Vehicle mounted utility rack

A utility rack for attachment to a vehicle having a type trailer hitch including a rectangular socket, comprising:

• a mounting bar having a square transverse cross sectional shape and having a straight portion terminating in a free end dimensioned for insertion into a rectangular trailer hitch socket, said free end having a transverse aperture for reception of a trailer hitch retaining pin;
• said mounting bar having an upwardly inclined portion connected to said straight portion and said inclined portion having an end terminating at an elevation substantially above said free end;
• a vertical support column secured on an upper surface of said straight mounting bar portion and extending to an elevation about equal with said mounting bar inclined portion end;
• a V-shaped support strut having an apex secured on an upper surface of said inclined mounting bar portion, between said vertical support column and said inclined portion end;
• said V-shaped strut having spaced free ends terminating at an elevation equal to said vertical support column and said mounting bar inclined portion end;
• a horizontal rectangular platform supported substantially above said free end by said V-shaped strut, said vertical support column and said mounting bar inclined portion end;
• said platform having a horizontal surface formed by steel mesh;
• a pair of steel reinforced tail light guards on a rear portion of said platform;
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• a pair of tail lights mounted on said platform, within said guards.