Patent ID: 6053627
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
A modular vehicle trailer hitching socket covering means system, comprising:a trailer hitching socket mating tongue element, anda vehicle trailer hitching socket covering means element,said trailer hitching socket mating tongue element and said vehicle trailer hitching socket covering means element being detachably secured to one another, such that when the combined system is mounted to a vehicle trailer hitching socket by insertion of said trailer hitching socket mating tongue element into a vehicle mounted trailer hitching socket, the result is that said vehicle mounted trailer hitching socket is decoratively predominately blocked from view;said vehicle trailer hitching socket covering means element having a light hole therethrough, at least one threaded mounting hole therein, and a light socket mounted inside said vehicle trailer hitching socket covering means element by screw means, said screw means passing through at least one mounting hole in said light socket and into said at least one threaded mounting hole;such that light caused to emanate from a light bulb placed inside said socket, when electric voltage is functionally applied to said light bulb, passes through said light hole;said vehicle trailer hitching socket covering means element further comprising light diffusing means present thereon such that light passing through said light hole in use is diffused thereby.