Patent ID: 9724974
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B60D,B62D

Claim:
1. A mud flap assembly for attachment to a hitch assembly, the hitch assembly being attachable to a hitch receiver attached to a vehicle proximate a bumper of the vehicle; the bumper having a top surface and a rear surface and the hitch assembly having a shaft for engagement with the hitch receiver; the mud flap assembly comprising: a frame, a securing assembly and two mud flap panels; the frame having a rear plate and a top plate, wherein the top plate is generally perpendicular to the rear plate and the top plate includes a support flange; wherein the hitch assembly can be adjustably secured to the frame by the securing assembly such that when the shaft of the hitch assembly is engaged with the hitch receiver so as to provide a first point of contact between the mud flap assembly and the vehicle, the support flange of the top plate can be engaged with the top surface of the bumper to give the mud flap assembly a second point of contact with the vehicle.