Patent ID: 6612615
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A cart attachment device, for use with a vehicle having a trailer hitch, in attaching a cart to the trailer hitch, comprising:a carrier, the carrier having a main tube extending vertically, the carrier having a mechanism for mounting the main tube to the trailer hitch, a slidable member mounted within the main tube for vertical movement therein, and a triangular support member mounted to the slidable member, the triangular support member having two peaked members which form an apex; a cart adapter having a V-bracket, the V-bracket attachable to the cart, having a point and a pair of descending members which extend downward and outward from the point, the descending members having an underside hollow which allows the triangular support member to extend securely within said hollow with the peaked members extending parallel to the descending members and the point of the V-bracket corresponding with the peak of the triangular support member, so that when the triangular support member is raised and lowered the V-bracket is raised and lowered therewith.