Trailer hitch cover assembly
AssigneeBlake Design Group, LLC.
InventorRobert B. Blake
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Abstract
A trailer hitch cover assembly includes a bumper fascia for attachment to a motor vehicle having an aperture for allowing a hitch tube to extend therethrough. The trailer hitch cover assembly also includes a main body adapted to be disposed over the hitch tube and adapted to allow insertion of a hitch into the hitch tube. The trailer hitch cover assembly further includes a cover plate hingedly connected to either one of the main body and the bumper fascia for moving between a closed position to close the aperture to conceal the hitch tube and an open position to open the aperture to expose the hitch tube.
Claims20
A trailer hitch cover assembly comprising:
- a bumper fascia for attachment to a motor vehicle having an aperture for allowing a hitch tube to extend therethrough;
- a main body adapted to be disposed over the hitch tube and mounted to said bumper fascia, said main body adapted to allow insertion of a hitch into the hitch tube;
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- a cover plate hingedly connected to said main body for moving between a closed position to close said aperture to conceal the hitch tube and an open position to open said aperture to expose the hitch tube.
A trailer hitch cover assembly comprising:
- a bumper fascia for attachment to a motor vehicle having an aperture for allowing a hitch tube to extend therethrough;
- a main body adapted to be disposed over the hitch tube and adapted to allow insertion of a hitch into the hitch tube, said main body including at least one deflectable tab for retaining said main body on the hitch tube;
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- a cover plate hingedly connected to either one of said main body and said bumper fascia for moving between a closed position to close said aperture to conceal the hitch tube and an open position to open said aperture to expose the hitch tube.
A trailer hitch cover assembly comprising:
- a bumper fascia for attachment to a motor vehicle having an aperture for allowing a hitch tube to extend therethrough;
- a main body adapted to be disposed over the hitch tube and adapted to allow insertion of a hitch into the hitch tube, said main body further comprises at least one aperture extending transversely therethrough to allow passage of a lock pin to secure said main body to the hitch tube;
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- a cover plate hingedly connected to either one of said main body and said bumper fascia for moving between a closed position to close said aperture to conceal the hitch tube and an open position to open said aperture to expose the hitch tube.
A trailer hitch cover assembly comprising:
- a bumper fascia for attachment to a motor vehicle having an aperture for allowing a hitch tube to extend therethrough;
- a main body adapted to be disposed over the hitch tube and adapted to allow insertion of a hitch into the hitch tube;
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- a cover plate hingedly connected to either one of said main body and said bumper fascia for moving between a closed position to close said aperture to conceal the hitch tube and an open position to open said aperture to expose the hitch tube;
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- a trim fascia operatively supported by said main body for covering a portion of said bumper fascia.
A trailer hitch cover assembly for a motor vehicle having a bumper and a hitch tube comprising:
- a main body adapted to be disposed over the hitch tube and adapted to allow insertion of a hitch into the hitch tube;
- a cover receiver connected to said bumper;
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- a cover plate hingedly connected to said cover receiver for moving between a closed position to conceal the hitch tube and an open position to expose the hitch tube.
A trailer hitch cover assembly for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a trim fascia for covering a portion of a bumper fascia of a motor vehicle having an aperture for allowing a hitch tube to extend therethrough;
- a main body adapted to be disposed over the hitch tube and adapted to allow insertion of a hitch into the hitch tube;
- a cover plate hingedly connected to said main body for moving between a closed position to close the hitch tube and an open position to open the hitch tube to allow insertion of the hitch into the hitch tube;
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- a fascia plate operatively supported by said cover plate for moving between a closed position to close said aperture to conceal the hitch tube and an open position to open said aperture to expose the hitch tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.