Trailer hitch accessories
AssigneeOregon Made Plastic Products, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Allen Sanftleben, Kenneth Anthony Olcott
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Abstract
Chain-up accessories, utility tether accessories, utility pad accessories, seven-way connector cap accessories, and hitch ball cap accessories are accessories for use with trailer hitches disclosed herein.
Claims31
A chain-up accessory for holding at least one trailer safety chain associated with a tow vehicle and trailer, said chain-up accessory comprising:
- (a) a body having a first end and a second end;
- (b) at least one hitch ball aperture defined in said body between said first end and said second end, said at least one hitch ball aperture being two hitch ball apertures;
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- (c) at least one chain aperture defined in said body between said first end and said second end;
- (d) wherein said chain-up accessory holds the at least one trailer safety chain inserted through said at least one chain aperture.
A chain-up accessory for holding at least one trailer safety chain associated with a tow vehicle and trailer, said chain-up accessory comprising:
- (a) a body having a first end and a second end;
- (b) at least one hitch ball aperture defined in said body between said first end and said second end;
- (c) at least one chain aperture chain aperture defined in said body between said first end and said second end;
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- (d) said body being an elongated body having a maximum longitudinal length and a maximum latitudinal width, said maximum longitudinal length being at least twice as long as said maximum latitudinal width;
- (e) wherein said chain-up accessory holds the at least one trailer safety chain inserted through at least one of the chain apertures.
A chain-up accessory for holding at least one trailer safety chain associated with a tow vehicle and trailer, said chain-up accessory comprising:
- (a) a body having a first end and a second end;
- (b) at least one hitch ball aperture defined in said body between said first end and said second end;
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- (c) a first chain aperture and a second chain aperture defined in said body, said first chain aperture positioned between said at least one hitch ball aperture and said first end, said second chain aperture positioned between said at least one hitch ball aperture and said second end;
- (d) wherein said at least one trailer safety chain may be inserted through at least one of the chain apertures.
A chain-up accessory for holding at least one trailer safety chain associated with a tow vehicle and trailer, said chain-up accessory comprising:
- (a) a body having a first end and a second end, said body being a flexible body selected from the group consisting of a rubber flexible body and a synthetic elastomeric flexible body;
- (b) at least one hitch ball aperture defined in said body between said first end and said second end;
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- (c) at least one chain aperture defined in said body between said first end and said second end;
- (d) wherein said chain-up accessory holds the at least one trailer safety chain inserted through said at least one chain aperture.
A chain-up accessory for holding at least one trailer safety chain associated with a tow vehicle and trailer, said chain-up accessory comprising:
- (a) a body having a first end and a second end;
- (b) at least one hitch ball aperture defined in said body between said first end and said second end, said at least one hitch ball aperture having a perimeter, a plurality of cutouts positioned along said perimeter of said at least one hitch ball aperture, and a plurality of flaps formed between said cutouts;
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- (c) at least one chain aperture defined in said body between said first end and said second end;
- (d) wherein said chain-up accessory holds the at least one trailer safety chain inserted through said at least one chain aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.