Sway bar storage bracket

A method for storing a sway bar usable on an equalizer trailer hitch system between a trailer and a towing vehicle, the trailer hitch system having equalizer hardware, the method comprising:

• providing an elongated middle section having a first end and a second end;
• providing a first extension section having a first end and a second end;
• connecting the first end of the first extension section to the first end of the middle section;
• providing a second extension section having a first end and a second end;
• connecting the first end of the second extension section to the second end of the middle section;
• providing a first member having a first end and a second end;
• connecting the first end of the first member to the second end of the first extension section;
• providing a second member having a first end and a second end;
• connecting the first end of the second member to the second end of the second extension section;
• releasably securing the sway bar storage bracket to the trailer tongue;
• releasably holding the sway bar to the sway bar storage bracket with a metal pin;
• extending the metal pin from the second extension member in the same general direction as the second member;
• and
• inserting the metal pin into an aperture of the sway bar allowing the sway bar to rest upon the pin and thereby releasably holding the sway bar in position.

A sway bar storage bracket for storing a sway bar usable on an equalizer trailer hitch system between a trailer and a towing vehicle, the trailer hitch system having equalizer hardware, the sway bar storage bracket comprising:

• an elongated middle section having a first end and a second end;
• a first extension section having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first extension section being connected to the first end of the middle section at an approximately ninety (90°) angle to the middle section;
• a second extension second having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second extension section being connected to the second end of the middle section at an approximately ninety (90°) angle to the middle section;
• a first member having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first member being connected to the first end of the first extension section at an approximately ninety (90°) angle to the first extension section;
• a second member having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second member being connected to the second end of the second extension section at an approximately ninety (90°) angle to the second extension section;
• a thumb screw for releasably securing the sway bar storage bracket to the trailer tongue;
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• a metal pin for releasably holding the sway bar to the sway bar storage bracket, the metal pin extending from the second extension member in the same general direction as the second member, the metal pin insertable into an aperture of the sway bar allowing the sway bar to rest upon the pin and thereby releasably hold the sway bar in position;
• at least one aperture formed in the second extension member, the at least one aperture sized and shaped for receiving a hitch pin and releasably storing the hitch pin when the sway bar is being stored in the sway bar storage bracket;
• wherein the sway bar storage bracket has a substantially S-shape configuration;
• and
• wherein the sway bar is positionable between the sway bar storage bracket and the equalizer hardware thereby releasably storing the sway bar when not in use.