Patent ID: 7419177
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
1. A customizable towing hitch ball mount arrangement for assembly with a hitch receiver on a vehicle, the arrangement comprising: a ball mount having a proximal end for insertion into an opening in the hitch receiver; an elongated tube portion; a drop portion, extending from the elongated tube portion and angled with respect to a length of the elongated tube portion, the drop portion having at least one mounting feature; and a plate extending substantially horizontally from the drop portion, the plate having an aperture for attachment of a hitch ball; a customizing element having at least one mating feature disposed on a mounting surface of the customizing element, wherein the customizing element is removably attachable to the ball mount by engaging the at least one mating feature of the customizing element with the at least one mounting feature of the ball mount; and wherein the at least one mounting feature comprises a mounting hole in an angled surface of the drop portion, and the at least one mating feature comprises a protrusion extending from the customizing element. an access opening in the elongated tube portion, wherein the access opening is adapted to provide access to an inner surface of the drop portion, opposite the angled surface, for attachment of a fastener to the protrusion when the protrusion is inserted through the mounting hole.