Patent ID: 6682086
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A step platform assembly adapted for attachment to a hitch assembly comprising;(a) a planar step platform member rigidly fastened to a coplanar linear step support member having an aperture adjacent a step support member end opposite the step platform member, the aperture containing a bushing member therein, said planar step platform member and step support member assembly adapted for rotatable connection to the hitch assembly by a fastener means there between, the fastener means comprising a ball with threaded stem and nut fastener, the stem insertable in an aperture in the hitch assembly and in said step support member aperture containing a bushing member; and (b) locking means for selectively securing said step platform member and linear step support member in a first orientation beneath a vehicle body and in a second orientation exterior the vehicle body.