Patent ID: 11890905
Assignee: CURT MANUFACTURING, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  E | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. A method of installing a tailgate hitch sensor system, comprising:
mounting a sensor adjacent a receiver tube of a hitch attached at the rear of a truck having a bed with a tailgate, the tailgate being movable from an upright position to at least one downward position, the sensor being able to assess an indication of when the receiver tube is in use, the sensor being part of a tailgate hitch sensor system including an electrical circuit; and
plugging a plug of the electrical circuit into an electrical system of the truck without cutting or stripping any wires of the electrical system of the truck, such that the tailgate hitch sensor system inactivates movement of the tailgate to the at least one downward position based on the sensor.