Patent ID: 9616722
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B60D,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for securing a shank member to a receiver tube to minimize relative motion between the shank member and receiver tube, comprising the steps of: providing an elongated pin having a threaded portion; providing a nut having a threaded portion for engagement with the threaded portion of the elongated pin; providing an elastomer piece having a hole for receiving the elongated pin; providing a shank member having a recessed slot within an indented wall; wherein the shank member includes a hole for receiving the elongated pin; providing a receiver tube having a first opposing side hole and a second opposing side hole formed in transverse alignment in opposing side walls of the receiver tube; inserting the shank member within the receiver tube until the opposing side holes of the shank member are aligned with opposing side holes of the receiver tube; inserting the elongated pin through the first opposing side holes of the receiver tube and the opposing side holes formed in the shank member and then the second opposing side hole of the receiver tube; engaging the threaded portion of the elongated pin with the threaded portion of the nut until the elastomer piece is compressed against the recessed slot upon tightened engagement of the threaded portion of the elongated pin with the threaded hole of the nut, so the shank member is firmly engaged in the receiver tube.