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US 6,511,088 B2Granted
Versitile trailer hitch mounting system
OwnerWilliam Kahlstorfinventor
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Abstract
The present invention concerns that of a new and improved apparatus which enables mounting of heavy duty equipment to existing trailer hitch hardware currently found on my pickups, vans, SUV's, recreational vehicles, and automobiles. The type of heavy duty equipment that could be attached to the apparatus of the present invention would include a heavy duty table, a work station, a vise, a spool and/or a winch, and a level working surface.
Claims3
An apparatus for mounting heavy duty equipment to existing trailer hitch hardware on a vehicle comprising:
- (a) a trailer hitch having two ends, a first end and a second end, the first end of the trailer hitch attached to the rear of a vehicle, the second end of the trailer hitch being hollowed out, the trailer hitch being square-shaped,
- (b) a support bar having two ends, a first end and a second end, the support bar being square-shaped and hollow, the support bar having two side surfaces, a left side surface and a right side surface,
- (c) an inner bar having two ends, a first end and a second end, the first end of the inner bar being inserted into the second end of the trailer hitch, the second end of the inner bar being inserted into the first end of the support bar,
- (d) an L-mount fabricated from two pieces, a first piece and a second piece, the first piece of the L-mount having two ends, a first end and a second end, the first end of the L-mount being inserted into the second end of the support bar, the first piece of the L-mount being squared-shaped and having two sides, a left side and a right side, the L-mount having a plurality of holes evenly spaced out in linear fashion along the left side and the right side of the first piece, the second piece of the L-mount having two ends, a first end and a second end, the first end of the second piece of the L-mount being rotatably attached to the second end of the first piece of the L-mount, the second end of the L-mount being hollow and square-shaped,
- (e) an intermediate T-coupling, the T-coupling being mounted on the first piece of the L-mount, the T-coupling including a plurality of mounting docks, each mounting dock being square shaped and a few inches in length, each mounting dock being hollow to allow for temporary placement of objects or items to a mounting dock,
- (f) means for removably connecting the first end of the first piece of the L-mount to the support bar, and
- (g) means for removably connecting an object to the second end of the second piece of the L-mount.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.