Patent ID: 8328224

Claim:
A receiver hitch assembly, comprising: a receiver mounting member adapted for attachment to a towing vehicle; a receiver depending from the receiver mounting member, the receiver having a hitch pin passage disposed substantially centrally thereacross and a drawbar attachment receptacle configured to extend vertically when the receiver mounting member is attached to the towing vehicle; and a drawbar, having: a receiver attachment end adapted to be removably installed concentrically within the drawbar attachment receptacle of the receiver, the receiver attachment end having a hitch pin passage disposed thereacross, the receiver attachment end extending substantially vertically when installed within the drawbar attachment receptacle of the receiver; an elongated drawbar arm extending from the receiver attachment end of the drawbar, the drawbar arm being substantially normal to the receiver attachment end; a riser extending upwardly from the drawbar arm opposite the receiver attachment end, the riser being substantially parallel to the receiver attachment end; a hitch bar attachment arm extending rearward from the riser opposite the drawbar arm, the hitch bar attachment arm being substantially parallel to the drawbar arm and coplanar therewith; and a hitch bar extending rearward from the hitch bar attachment arm opposite the riser, the hitch bar having a rearward end having a downward and rearward offset.