Patent ID: 8408577

Claim:
A hitch assembly comprising: a hitch base including a post; a mounting collar slidable on and rotatable about said post; a hitch ball member having at least one hitch ball extending from a hitch ball base along a hitch ball axis; said hitch ball member rotatably secured to said mounting collar such that said hitch ball is rotatable into and out of an upwardly extending alignment relative to said hitch base; and a latch pin rotatably received in said mounting collar; said latch pin rotatable between a latched position, a hitch ball member adjustment position and a mounting collar adjustment position; wherein in said latched position, a portion of said latch pin is positioned to prevent rotation of said hitch ball member relative to said mounting collar and a portion of said latch pin is positioned to prevent sliding or axial rotation of said mounting collar relative to said post; in said hitch ball member adjustment position no portion of said latch pin is positioned to prevent rotation of said hitch ball member relative to said mounting collar; and in said mounting collar adjustment position no portion of said latch pin is positioned to prevent sliding or axial rotation of said mounting collar relative to said post and said mounting collar is rotatable about said post to rotate said hitch ball member between a use position and a stow position on opposite sides of said post.