Patent ID: 7621554

Claim:
A hitch support system, comprising: a connecting structure for connecting a hitch unit of a vehicle and for receiving a receiver; a vertical member beam connected to said connecting structure, wherein said vertical member beam includes a plurality of adjustment apertures for allowing selective vertical positioning of said vertical member beam within said connecting structure; a wheel rotatably connected to a lower end of the vertical member beam via a spindle which is supported by a connecting member that is in turn connected to a lower member that is in turn connected to the vertical member beam; wherein said connecting structure includes a tongue that is removably receivable within the hitch unit of the vehicle; wherein said connecting structure includes a second member extending from said connecting structure and wherein said second member includes a rear aperture for removably receiving the receiver; wherein said connecting structure includes a third member attached transversely to said connecting structure that adjustably receives said vertical member beam; wherein a minimum load sharing with the hitch unit of the vehicle is set via a lower adjustment aperture and a hitch pin therethrough; wherein a maximum load sharing with the hitch unit of the vehicle is set via an upper adjustment aperture and the hitch pin therethrough; and wherein a load bearing spring is placed over the lower member and is supported between the connecting member and the base of the vertical member beam; said connecting member slidably mounted inside the vertical member beam by a pin means functioning to allow the connecting member to ride in a slot in the vertical member beam.