Patent ID: 7195270
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A support device for supporting a hitch accessory of the type which is receivable in a vehicle hitch receiver; the support device comprising: a support receiver comprising an elongate member having a cross section of suitable shape and dimension for mating with the hitch accessory in a telescoping configuration for relative sliding movement in a longitudinal direction of the support receiver; and a frame lying generally in a common plane and supporting the support receiver thereon in both a floor mounted position in which the longitudinal direction of the support receiver is generally parallel to the common plane of the frame and a wall mounted position in which the longitudinal direction of the support receiver is generally perpendicular to the common plane of the frame; the frame fixedly maintaining the support receiver in both the floor mounted and wall mounted positions relative to the frame; the frame extending in a longitudinal direction between ends; and the support receiver being supported at one end of the frame to project towards an open free end of the support receiver which faces an opposing one of the ends of the frame in the floor mounted position.