Patent ID: 8235410

Claim:
An extended trailer hitch receiver tube support apparatus, comprising: a frame attached, extended hitch tube receiver support attached to a vehicle frame, said vehicle frame defining a longitudinal, vehicle frame centerline, said frame attached, extended hitch tube receiver support comprising a hitch receiver support cross member that traverses substantially along a width of said vehicle and transversely to said longitudinal, vehicle frame centerline; a hitch tube receiver connected with said hitch receiver support cross member, an extended hitch receiver tube having a front end and rear end, and operatively engaged with said hitch tube receiver at said front end; a vertical member connected with said hitch receiver support cross member and having at least a portion above said hitch tube receiver; tensionable receiver tube supporters, each of which: has two ends; and connects at one of said ends to said vertical member, and at another of said ends to said extended hitch receiver tube at a site other than said front end of said extended hitch receiver tube, wherein said tensionable receiver tube supporters together form a triangulating support lattice, said apparatus further comprising: tensionable vertical member supporters, each of which: has two ends; connects at one of said ends to said vertical member and at another of said ends to an apparatus tie-in site, said apparatus tie-in site comprising a site selected from the group consisting of: said vehicle frame, and said frame attached, extended hitch tube receiver support.