Patent ID: 6874804
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: B60D,B60R

Abstract:
1. A combination hitch and receiver system and assembly connected to a box receiver of a vehicle hitch for towing a trailer with a hitch ball, said hitch and receiver system comprising: a main horizontal tongue member having a size and shape to be placed into and held by the box receiver of the vehicle hitch; an elongated vertical box receiver, affixed to said main tongue member, having a tubular shape, a center aperture and multiple spaced apart transverse aperture pairs; a ball support member affixed to said elongated vertical box receiver for receiving and supporting the hitch ball for towing the trailer, wherein said main horizontal tongue member, said vertical box receiver and said ball support member are made as a single unit to include the ball hitch; and an elongated horizontal box receiver affixed below said main tongue member in addition to said elongated vertical box receiver as a unit, said horizontal box receiver also having a tubular shape, a center aperture and transverse aperture pairs so that said vertical and horizontal box receivers are both available at the rear of the vehicle to receive an accessory device without removal of the hitch ball.