Patent ID: 8136663

Claim:
A receiver trailer hitch carrier comprising: a tray comprising a base and sidewalls; a receiver tube mounted to the base and extending upwardly from the base, between the sidewalls of the tray, the sidewalls of the tray circumscribing the receiver tube to form a partially enclosed box with the base, wherein the receiver tube is sized to accept a rectangular portion of a trailer hitch and is oriented at an acute angle relative to the base, the receiver tube comprising: sidewalls; a first end which is rectangular and configured to receive a trailer hitch; and a second, opposite end, which is beveled at the acute angle relative to the sidewalls of the receiver tube for engaging the base; an additional receiver tube mounted to the base, which is sized to accept a rectangular portion of a trailer hitch and is oriented at the acute angle relative to the base, wherein the first mentioned receiver tube and the additional receiver tube are positioned side-by-side within the tray and each have an opening facing a common end of the tray; coaxially-aligned holes in both of the receiver tubes and positioned within the respective receiver tubes to be aligned with corresponding holes in the rectangular portion of a corresponding trailer hitch when the corresponding trailer hitch is received in one of the receiver tubes; and a locking pin having a length that is extendable through the coaxially-aligned holes in both the receiver tubes and through the corresponding holes in the rectangular portion of the corresponding trailer hitch when the corresponding trailer hitch is positioned in one of the receiver tubes.