Patent ID: 7425016

Claim:
A ball hitch coupler comprising: a first sidewall; a second sidewall spaced apart from the first sidewall and generally parallel with the first side wall; a support member attached to the first sidewall at a mid portion of the first side wall extending to a rear portion of the first side wall and also attached to the second sidewall at a mid portion of the second side wall extending to a rear portion of the second side wall, thereby adapted to support the first sidewall and the second sidewall at rear portions of the first and second sidewall and leaving the front portion of the ball hitch coupler unobstructed such that the space between the front of the first sidewall and the front of the second sidewall is open; a first pin extending transversely between the first side wall and the second sidewall; a second pin extending transversely between the first side wall and the second sidewall and spaced apart from the first pin along a length of the first sidewall and the second sidewall; wherein at least one of the first pin and the second pin is removable; and wherein the first pin and the second pin are disposed adjacent a neck portion of a ball to movably connect the ball between the first pin and the second pin.