Patent ID: 6835021
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: B60D,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for securing accessories to a rectangular trailer hitch receiver, which has four inner walls, comprising:a first member of rectangular cross-section, said first member comprising a closed end and an open end, said closed end having a hole, said open end being formed into a compound miter and being sized to be slidably interested into said trailer hitch receiver; a second member of rectangular cross-section having a size suitable for being slidably inserted into said trailer hitch receiver, said second member further comprising a closed end and an open end, said open end abutting said open end of said first member, said open end of said second member having a compound miter which mates with said compound miter of said first member; a tube of rectangular cross section having a first end and a second end, said tube being fixedly attached within the annular space of said first member proximate to said closed end of said first member; a nut, said nut having an exterior dimension so as to fit slidably within said tube, an elongated rod extending axially through said first member, said tube, said nut's hole, and said second member, said rod having a first end and a second end, said nut being arranged and fixedly attached onto said rod between said rod's first and second end, said first end of said rod extending through said hole of said closed end of said first member, said second member's closed end being restrained to said rod's second end; and tightening means operative for urging said rod to displace in an outward direction from said closed and second end of said first member thereby causing said open ends of said first and second members to slide against each other along their complimentary compound miters within said trailer hitch receiver causing said members to push against the four inner walls of said trailer hitch receiver, thereby resulting in a substantially immovable friction fit between said device and said trailer hitch receiver.