Patent ID: 8172249

Claim:
A tow bar protection device for a tow bar assembly having a hitch bar portion with a ball mount and mounting a ball, the hitch bar portion extending rearwardly from the vehicle to which the assembly is attached, the protection device including a pouch having an opening for receiving and covering at least a part of the rearwardly extending portion of the tow bar assembly, at least one loop opening located adjacent the opening of the pouch; and a cinching strap adapted to draw the opening tight about the rearwardly extending hitch bar portion of the tow bar assembly and thereby cinch said pouch relative to the tow bar assembly wherein the cinching strap is secured relative to one side of the pouch and has a free end, attachment means is provided on the cinching strap and a loop is provided on an opposed side of the pouch, and the free end of the cinching strap is fed through the loop and then secured using the attachment means.