Hitch mount

A support mount for supporting a transportable apparatus on a vehicle comprising:

• a vertically oriented main support body having an upfacing top surface and a downfacing bottom surface;
• a horizontally oriented bottom jaw integral with the bottom surface and extending horizontally in a first direction therefrom and providing a support mount mounting means therein, and a bottom clamping means thereon;
• a horizontally oriented top jaw hingably mounted to the main support body by a hinge means near the top surface thereof and extending horizontally in the first direction therefrom and providing a top clamping means thereon, the top jaw movable from a nominally horizontal closed position to an angled upwardly open position for advantageously engaging the transportable apparatus on the vehicle;
• a bias means extending between the top and the bottom jaws providing a downward force on the top jaw to force said jaw into the nominally horizontal closed position;
• a stop bar attached to the main support body and positioned for contacting the top jaw when said jaw is in the closed jaw position, preventing the top jaw from moving into a downwardly angled position;
• the transportable apparatus being held between the top and the bottom jaws, the support mount being attached to the vehicle by the support mount mounting means.