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

Claim 0:
1. A tailgate hitch sensor system comprising:
a cover for 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 cover being movable between a closed position where the cover extends over a rear opening into the receiver tube and an opened position where the rear opening into the receiver tube is exposed;
a switch which changes connection state based upon movement of the cover between the closed position and the opened position; and
an electrical circuit which inactivates movement of the tailgate to the at least one downward position based on the connection state of the switch when the cover is in the opened position.