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

Claim 10:
11. A tailgate hitch sensor system comprising:
a sensor mounted 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; and
an electrical circuit which inactivates movement of the tailgate to the at least one downward position based on the sensor, the electrical circuit comprising at least one plug, which matches a plug of an electrical system of the truck, such that the tailgate hitch sensor system can be installed in the truck by plugging into the electrical system of the truck and without cutting or stripping any wires of the electrical system of the truck.