Patent ID: 9566837
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: B60D

Claim:
1. A hitch adapter for attachment to a hitch ball comprising: a lock pin; and a hitch bracket including a base plate, a first side plate and a second side plate, said first side plate extends upward from a first edge of said base plate, said second side plate extends upward from a second edge of said base plate, a hitch ball slot is formed in one end of said base plate, said hitch ball slot includes a width which is sized to receive a neck area of a hitch ball, said hitch ball slot includes an open end, a pin hole is formed through said one end of said first and second side plates to receive said lock pin, wherein a neck area of the hitch ball is slid into said open end of said hitch ball slot and past said pin hole, said lock pin is inserted through said pin hole in said first and second side plates, the neck area of the hitch ball is retained in said hitch ball slot with said lock pin.