IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,603,968
Granted Patent B2
US 10,603,968 · App. 15/827,821 · Granted Mar 31, 2020

Locking adjustable vehicle hitch

Inventors: Ryan P. Withrow (Platteville, WI); Robbie T. Lange (Cuba City, WI)
Assignee: 1UP USA.COM, LLC
B60D1/44B60D1/48B60D1/583B60D1/60B60R9/06
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Patent No.
US 10,603,968
App. No.
15/827,821
Granted
Mar 31, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A locking adjustable trailer hitch system includes a vehicle trailer hitch receiver having a receiver opening. The vehicle trailer hitch receiver includes at least one hitch pin opening for placement of a locking hitch pin. A locking adjustable trailer hitch bar is slidably and removably attached to the trailer hitch receiver through the receiver opening. The trailer hitch bar includes at least one extended slotted depression alongside one of its walls. The slotted depression is adapted to be in alignment with the hitch pin opening and can be a pass through or non-pass through depression. The hitch system further includes an anti-wobble device to secure and stabilize the hitch bar within the vehicle receiver. The hitch bar can extend along the length of the slotted depression such that the distal end of the hitch bar can be positioned a greater or lesser distance from the receiver as desired.

Claims (8)

1. A locking adjustable trailer hitch system comprising:

a. a vehicle trailer hitch receiver, comprising a receiver opening, wherein the vehicle trailer hitch receiver includes at least one hitch pin opening for placement of a locking hitch pin system;

b. a locking adjustable trailer hitch bar for attachment to the trailer hitch receiver, wherein the trailer hitch bar is adapted to be slidably received in the receiver opening, wherein the hitch bar comprises a distal end, a proximal end, parallel side walls, a top wall and bottom wall, wherein trailer hitch bar comprises at least one extended slotted depression having a proximal end and a distal end, further wherein the at least one extended slotted depression comprises a single pass-through slot positioned alongside one sidewall of the trailer hitch bar and wherein the single pass-through slot is aligned with the at least one hitch pin opening to enable the hitch pin to pass therethrough for slidable locking placement; and

c. an anti-wobble device to secure and stabilize the hitch bar within the vehicle receiver; wherein the hitch bar can be releasably secured at various increments along a length of the slotted depression such that the distal end of the hitch bar can be positioned a greater or lesser distance from the receiver as desired, and wherein the locking hitch pin system releasably locks the hitch bar to the receiver.

2. A locking adjustable trailer hitch system comprising:

a. a vehicle trader hitch receiver, comprising a receiver opening, wherein the vehicle trailer hitch receiver includes at least one hitch pin opening for placement of a locking hitch pin system;

a locking adjustable trailer hitch bar for attachment to the trailer hitch receiver, wherein the trailer hitch bar is adapted to be slidably received in the receiver opening, wherein the hitch bar comprises a distal end, a proximal end, parallel side walls, a top wall and bottom wall, wherein trailer hitch bar comprises at least one extended slotted depression having a proximal end and a distal end, further wherein the at least one slotted depression comprises a double trough system including a first non-pass-through extended depression positioned alongside one sidewall of the trailer hitch bar and a second non-pass-through extended depression positioned alongside an opposing second sidewall of the trailer hitch bar, wherein the hitch receiver comprises at least one pair of aligned hitch pin openings, including the at least one hitch pin opening and a second hitch pin opening, such that the at least one pair of aligned hitch pin openings are aligned with the first and second non-pass-through extended depressions, and the locking hitch pin system comprising first and second locking pins releasably secured through the at least one pair of hitch pin openings such that the first locking pin interacts with the first non-pass-through extended depression and the second locking pin interacts with the second non-pass-through extended depression to slidably secure the hitch bar to the receiver; and

c. an anti-wobble device to secure and stabilize the hitch bar within the vehicle receiver; wherein the hitch bar can be releasably secured at various increments along a length of the slotted depression such that the distal end of the hitch bar can be positioned a greater or lesser distance from the receiver as desired, and wherein the locking hitch pin system releasably locks the hitch bar to the receiver.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2017
From: WITHROW, RYAN P.; LANGE, ROBBIE T.
To: 1UP USA.COM, LLC
Reel/Frame 044387/0779 →
Continuity (1)
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