Step bumper hitch with integral receiver box
AssigneeReese Products, Inc.
InventorsMarvin L. Hanson, Richard McCoy, Jon L. Krager
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Abstract
A hitch is provided that is adapted for mounting to a step bumper. The hitch has a body including a mounting skirt, a hitch ball support platform and a facing that joins the mounting skirt and platform. The hitch also includes two laterally spaced reinforcing elements that function with the mounting skirt and define a receiver box. The hitch also includes structures allowing the mounting of a hitch ball to the hitch ball support platform or to the standard step bumper mounting point thereby providing hitch ball height adjustability.
Claims24
A step bumper hitch, comprising:
- a body including a facing, a means for receiving a draw bar in said facing and a means for supporting a hitch ball;
- means for mounting said body to a step bumper of a vehicle;
- and
- means for securing said draw bar in said body.
A step bumper hitch, comprising:
- a body including a mounting skirt, a hitch ball support platform, a facing joining said mounting skirt and said hitch ball support platform, a means for receiving a draw bar and a means for supporting a hitch ball;
- means for mounting said body to a step bumper of a vehicle;
- and
- means for securing said draw bar in said body.
A step bumper hitch, comprising:
- a body including a mounting skirt with depending facing and means for receiving a drawbar in said facing;
- means for mounting said body to a step bumper of a vehicle;
- and
- means for securing said draw bar in said body.
A step bumper hitch comprising:
- a body including a mounting skirt with depending facing and means for receiving a drawbar, said means for receiving said drawbar including (a) first and second laterally spaced reinforcing elements connected to reverse faces of said mounting skirt and facing so as to define a receiver box between said mounting skirt and said first and second reinforcing elements and (b) an aperture in said facing in communication with said receiver box;
- means for mounting said body to a step bumper of a vehicle;
- and
- means for securing said drawbar in said body.
A step bumper hitch, comprising:
- a body including a mounting skirt with depending facing and means for receiving a drawbar;
- means for mounting said body to a step bumper of a vehicle including spaced mounting apertures in said mounting skirt and fastening means for extending through said spaced mounting apertures and cooperating aligned mounting holes in said step bumper;
- and
- means for receiving said drawbar in said body.
A step bumper hitch, comprising:
- a body including a mounting skirt with depending facing and means for receiving a drawbar;
- means for mounting said body to a step bumper of a vehicle;
- means for securing said draw bar in said body;
- and
- a hitch ball mounting aperture in said mounting skirt that is aligned with a hitch ball mounting aperture in said step bumper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.