Patent ID: 8893939

Claim:
A trailer hitch storage apparatus for storing a trailer hitch on a trailer, the trailer having a frame and the trailer hitch storage apparatus comprising: a trailer hitch receptacle that is a tube shaped to receive the trailer hitch; a mount for connecting to the trailer, the mount being u-shaped to receive the frame of the trailer, the mount having a pair of spaced-apart side plates, the side plates being configured to at least partially extend about the frame of the trailer, and an end plate extending perpendicular to and integrally formed with each of the side plates, the side plates and the end plate together forming an opening within which the frame is received, the end plate being configured to abut with and at least partially extend over the frame, the mount operatively connecting to and angularly extending outwards from the trailer hitch receptacle; and a triangular truss, one side of the truss being one of the side plates, one side of the truss being a side of the receptacle, and one side of the truss being a brace that is substantially perpendicular to the side plates.