Tow assembly

A tow assembly for use in a vehicle, the tow assembly comprising:

• a first pair of mounting brackets being longitudinally spaced apart from each other;
• a second pair of mounting brackets being longitudinally spaced apart from each other and being laterally spaced apart from the first pair of mounting brackets;
• and
• first and second detachable coupling member for longitudinally extending between and engaging the first pair of mounting brackets and the second pair of mounting brackets, respectively;
• whereby the tow assembly has a coupled condition in which the first and second coupling members extend between and couple together the first and second pairs of mounting brackets, respectively, for flat towing of the vehicle and the tow assembly has a decoupled condition in which the first and second coupling members are removable from the tow assembly such that each of the mounting brackets are separate and independent from each other when the vehicle is being driven.

A tow assembly for use in a vehicle having a generally laterally extending front bumper rail and generally longitudinally extending opposing first and second side rails, the tow assembly comprising:

• first and second bumper mounting brackets each securely attached to the front bumper rail and being laterally spaced apart;
• first and second side mounting brackets each securely attached to the first and second side rails, respectively, the first side mounting brackets being longitudinally spaced apart from the first bumper mounting bracket and the second side mounting bracket being longitudinally spaced apart from the second bumper bracket;
• and
• first and second detachable coupling members each being longitudinally elongated bars, the first detachable coupling member extending between and engaging the first bumper and side mounting brackets and the second detachable coupling member extending between and engaging the second bumper and side mounting brackets;
• whereby the tow assembly has a coupled condition in which the coupling members extend between and couple together the respective bumper and side mounting brackets for flat towing of the vehicle and the tow assembly has a decoupled condition in which the coupling members are removable from the tow assembly such that each of the bumper mounting brackets and side mounting brackets are separate and independent from each other.