Patent ID: 8919627

Claim:
An extender arm for supporting a load extending beyond a vehicle, the extender arm comprising: a hitch connection section mountable to a hitch receiver on the vehicle; a first curved extender bar section extending upwardly from the hitch connection section and extending upwardly from a rear end of a vehicle when the extender arm is mounted in the hitch receiver on the vehicle; a second curved extender bar section attachable to the first curved extender bar section and telescoping relative thereto; and a load support member mounted on the second curved extender bar section; the second curved extender bar section being shiftable relative to the first curved extender bar section to alter the length of the extender arm and to shift the load support member vertically so that the extender arm will support loads at different elevations relative to the hitch connection section and the hitch receiver to which the hitch connection section is mounted wherein the load support member comprises a bar extending transversely from the second curved extender bar section and wherein the bar extends laterally beyond the second curved extender bar section on both sides thereof to form a cross bar and wherein attachment ears extend upwardly from opposite ends of the cross bar and wherein the attachment ears are fixed relative to the cross bar, but rotate relative to the first curved extender bar section as the second curved extender bar section is shifted telescopically relative to the first curved extender bar section.