Patent ID: 7793968

Claim:
An apparatus for attaching either a fifth wheel trailer hitch or a gooseneck trailer hitch to a truck bed comprising: a body having a central portion and a plurality of tubular end portions; a plurality of end inserts that are each received in one of the tubular end portions and are attached to at least one truck frame rail below the truck bed; a gooseneck ball receiver attached to a central portion of the body and aligned with a gooseneck opening in the truck bed, wherein a gooseneck ball is selectively attached to the gooseneck ball receiver; a plurality of mounting pads integrally formed as part of the end inserts that are aligned with a corresponding plurality of pedestal access openings in the truck bed; a fifth wheel receiver pedestal that is assembled to the mounting pads; and wherein one of the trailer hitches may be selectively attached to the truck bed, either the gooseneck trailer hitch may be attached to the gooseneck ball or the fifth wheel trailer hitch may be attached to the fifth wheel receiver pedestal.