Patent ID: 7926830

Claim:
In combination: an implement tongue which may be coupled to various diameter hitch balls mounted on a vehicle with the hitch ball having an upper ball portion, a shank portion extending downwardly from the upper ball portion with the shank portion having a diameter which is less than the diameter of the upper ball portion, and a threaded stud extending downwardly from the shank portion, said implement tongue having an upper surface and a forward end; said implement tongue having a hitch pin opening formed therein rearwardly of its forward end; said implement tongue having first and second bolt openings formed therein rearwardly of said hitch pin opening in said tongue; a clevis element including a horizontally disposed base portion having forward and rearward ends, an upstanding wall portion which extends upwardly from the forward end of said base portion, and a forwardly extending upper wall portion which extends horizontally from the upper end of said upstanding wall portion; said base portion of said clevis element having a pair of spaced-apart bolt openings formed therein; said upper wall portion having a hitch pin opening formed therein; said clevis element being selectively movable on said implement tongue between operative and stowed positions; said clevis element being selectively secured to said implement tongue in an operative position by a pair of bolts extending through said bolt openings in said base portion of said clevis element and said first and second bolt openings in said implement tongue so that said hitch pin opening in said upper wall portion of said clevis element is positioned above said hitch pin opening in said implement tongue in registering alignment therewith; a hitch adapter secured to said implement tongue which may be positioned in an operative position on said implement tongue when said clevis element is positioned in its stowed position and which may be positioned in a stowed position on said implement tongue when said clevis element is positioned in its operative position; said hitch adapter enabling the implement tongue to be coupled to various diameter hitch balls on the vehicle when in its said operative position and said clevis element is in its stowed position.