Patent ID: 6086438
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: B60D,B63C,B63H

Abstract:
A propeller hitch cover designed to be releasably attached to a vehicle trailer hitch attached to a rear member on a vehicle, said hitch cover comprising:a) a hitch housing comprising:(1) a rear section having a hitch cavity,(2) an integrally molded front surface comprising a flange having a first shaft bore(3) an upper horizontal side having a first retainer-pin bore and(4) a lower horizontal side having a second retainer-pin bore in alignment with the first retainer-pin bore,b) a propeller shaft retaining structure frictionally inserted into said hitch cavity and attached therein by a retaining structure attachment means, wherein said retaining structure having a second shaft bore in alignment with said first shaft bore,c) a propeller shaft having a front section, a rear section, and a relatively small diameter with respect to said propeller shaft retaining structure, wherein the rear section is rotatably inserted into the first shaft bore, and is rigidly attached by a shaft attachment means to the second shaft bore on said retaining structure,d) a propeller having at least four blades extending outward from a propeller hub, wherein said hub having a flat front surface, a flat rear surface, and a propeller shaft bore extending therethrough, wherein the propeller shaft bore is dimensioned to allow the propeller hub to spin freely about the propeller shaft, ande) propeller spinner having a substantially parabolic shape and a flat rear surface from where extends a propeller shaft cavity into which is inserted and attached, by a spinner attachment means, the front section of said propeller shaft, wherein said hitch cover is releasably attached to the vehicle trailer hitch by inserting said hitch housing into a cavity located in the trailer hitch which includes an upper horizontal side having an upper retainer-pin bore and a lower horizontal side having a lower retainer-pin bore, wherein to secure said hitch cover a retaining pin is inserted sequentially through the upper retainer-pin bore, the first retainer-pin bore, the second retainer-pin bore, and the lower retainer-pin bore.