Patent ID: 9016707
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: B60D,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electrical mounting bracket comprising: a receiving tube opening sized and shaped to allow access therethrough to an interior of a hitch receiving tube, the interior of the hitch receiving tube defining a generally horizontally extending recess for longitudinally receiving a removeable hitching structure, the horizontally extending recess defining a hitch receiving tube axis; a first flange for abutting a first exterior flat of the hitch receiving tube; a second flange opposing the first flange, the second flange for abutting a second exterior flat of the hitch receiving tube; a side arm extending in a cantilevered fashion in a sideways direction away from the receiving tube opening; and a mounting structure adapted for receiving an electrical socket of a towing vehicle electrical connection on the side arm at a cantilevered location displaced sideways relative to the receiving tube opening, the mounting structure defining a direction of socket connection/disconnection which is parallel to the hitch receiving tube axis.