Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1996-07-02
1998-04-14
Johnson, Brian L.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
B60R 302
Patent
active
057383626
ABSTRACT:
A step holding element is insertable in a receiver-type trailer hitch on a vehicle and includes a mounting bar for securing into the trailer hitch receiver, and a step rotatably secured to the mounting bar for movement between open and closed positions. The mounting bar has an opening formed with a post mounted therein and the post has two ends, one of which is secured to the step and the other of which has a locking element secured thereto which is normally held in contact with the top surface and the side surfaces of the mounting bar. To operate the step between open and closed positions the step must be first pushed upwardly, away from the mounting bar and the ground on which the vehicle is resting, so that the locking element will be moved out of contact with the mounting bar to enable the step to be rotated between retracted and useable positions, with respect to the rear of the vehicle on which it is mounted.
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Johnson Brian L.
O'Neill James G.
Vanaman Frank
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