Stowaway, receiver hitch

Details Stowaway, receiver hitch Stowaway, receiver hitch

2007-04-17

2010-10-26

Morris, Lesley (Department: 3611)

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Articulated vehicle

C280S491300

Reexamination Certificate

active

07819416

ABSTRACT:
A trunnion, adapted to fit in a receiver, attached to a vehicle as a receiver-type hitch system, provides selective deployment and stowage of a hitch. An optional base secured to the trunnion may receive a pivot. A mount, secured by the pivot to the base, swings between a deployed and a stowed position. Alignments are one-dimensional, typically circumferentially positioning a locking pin aperture and a corresponding locking pin about a radius with respect to a pivot axis. A platform of the mount may contain an aperture for operating as a pin hitch aperture or for receiving a stud or bolt for securing a ball hitch or two hitches. In certain embodiments, multiple ball hitches may be attached at once to the platform. Selection of ball hitch sizes and positioning of the ball hitch altitude may also be accomplished by pivots built into the mount.

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