Patent ID: 6290247
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: B62K

Abstract:
A combination bicycle and trailer hitch comprising:a bicycle having a left frame and a left bracket fixedly engaged to said left frame and a right frame and a right bracket fixedly engaged to said right frame;a left hitch bracket receiver removably engaged to the left frame of the bicycle;a right hitch bracket receiver removably engaged to the right frame of the bicycle;a left hitch bracket removably engaged to said left hitch bracket receiver;a right hitch bracket removably engaged to said right hitch bracket receiver;a hitch adjuster mounting plate removably engaged to said left hitch bracket and to said right hitch bracket;a hitch adjuster removably engaged to said hitch adjuster mounting plate;a hitch ball removably engaged to said hitch adjuster;a plurality of left hitch bracket receiver holes;a plurality of right hitch bracket receiver holes;a plurality of left hitch bracket holes;a plurality of right hitch bracket holes;a plurality of clevis pins;wherein said hitch adjuster comprises a first hitch adjuster plate and a second hitch adjuster plate;wherein a height of said hitch ball can be adjusted by changing the relative positions of said first hitch adjuster plate and said second hitch adjuster plate; andwherein said left hitch bracket and said right hitch bracket may be removed so that the hitch ball may be removed from the bicycle when it is not needed and replaced on the bicycle when needed by respectively removing or inserting the clevis pins.