Patent ID: 6012828
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
A device for attaching a light to a trailer hitch frame, said device comprising:a) a lamp assembly having an attached housing that includes an upper surface, a lower surface and a rear surface, wherein attached to the housing is an electrical junction cup from where extends a positive electrical lead and a negative electrical lead,b) a trailer-hitch frame attachment bracket comprising:(1) a vertical section having an upper edge, a lower edge, a first side edge and a second side edge, wherein near the lower edge and the first side edge is located a first upset hat and near the lower edge and the second side edge is located a second upset hat,(2) a horizontal section that extends outward from the upper edge of said vertical section and terminating with an outer edge, said horizontal section further having a first side edge and a second side edge, wherein near the outer edge and the first side edge is located a third upset hat and near the outer edge and the second side edge is located a fourth upset hat,c) a means for attaching said trailer hitch frame attachment bracket to said lamp assembly housing comprising an angled bracket having a vertical section and a horizontal section where the horizontal section is attached, by an attachment means, to the upper surface of said lamp assembly housing and the vertical section is attached, by an attachment means, to the vertical section of said trailer-hitch frame attachment bracket,d) means for attaching said trailer hitch attachment bracket to the trailer hitch frame comprising:(1) a first tie wrap having a first end and a second end that terminates with a tie insert, wherein the first tie wrap is inserted through the first and third upset hats,(2) a second tie wrap having a first end and a second end that terminates with a tie insert, wherein the first end is inserted through the second and fourth upset hats, wherein when said trailer hitch frame attachment bracket is positioned on a trailer hitch frame with the horizontal section positioned on either an upper or lower surface of the trailer hitch frame and with the vertical section pressed against a front surface of the trailer hitch frame, said first and second tie wraps are then wrapped around the trailer hitch frame and the first ends of the tie wraps are inserted into the respective tie inserts and pulled tight to secure said device to the trailer hitch frame, ande) wherein after said device is secured to the trailer hitch frame, the positive electrical lead is connected to a positive terminal of a vehicle back light and the negative lead is connected to a vehicle body ground.