Patent ID: 6846126

Claim:
A device for removably securing opposite walls of an implement tube to adjacent opposite walls of a bitch receiver tube comprising: (a) an elongated frame which fits within the tube of a hitch compatible implement, the elongated frame having a longitudinal axis; (b) a first securing member comprising a first nut and bolt combination, the first nut being secured to a first side of the frame, and oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, said first nut and bolt combination cinching only a first side of the frame and the implement tube with a first adjacent wall of a hitch receiver tube, the first securing member exerting a compression force between the first side of the implement tube and the first adjacent wall of the hitch receiver tube to cinch the first side and the first adjacent wall together; and (c) a second securing member comprising a second nut and bolt combination, the second nut being secured to a second side of the frame, separate from the first securing member and in opposing alignment therewith, said second nut and bolt combination cinching only a second side of the frame and the implement tube with a second separate adjacent wall of the hitch receiver tube opposite to the first wall, the second securing member exerting a compression force between the second side of the implement tube and the second adjacent wall of the hitch receiver tube to cinch the second side and the second adjacent wall together.