Patent ID: 11932064
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A convertible hitch apparatus removably mountable on a hitch receiver tube, the hitch apparatus being elongated along a longitudinal axis, the hitch apparatus comprising:
a mount structure for mounting on the hitch receiver tube, the mount structure being at least partially insertable into the receiver tube, the insertion portion having an insertion end insertable into the receiver tube and a protrusion end opposite of the insertion end;
an upper hitch structure mounted on the mount structure toward the protrusion end, the upper hitch structure having a deployed condition and an inactive condition, the upper hitch structure comprising a support frame and an upper ball mount mounted on the support frame for movement between a deployed position corresponding to the deployed condition and a storage position corresponding to the inactive condition;
a lower hitch structure mounted on the mount structure toward the protrusion end at a position below the upper hitch structure, the lower hitch structure including a lower ball mount mounted on the mount structure;
a ball hitch assembly removably mountable on at least one of the ball mounts; and
wherein the upper ball mount comprises a tongue element pivotally mounted on the support frame, the tongue element having a tongue aperture extending along a substantially vertical axis when the hitch apparatus is mounted for use.