US Patent 11932064 Convertible tow hitch system

A convertible hitch apparatus may include a mount structure for mounting on a hitch receiver tube and an upper hitch structure mounted on the mount structure. The upper hitch structure may have a deployed condition and an inactive condition, with an upper ball mount being movable between a deployed position corresponding to the deployed condition and a storage position corresponding to the inactive condition. The hitch apparatus may also include a lower hitch structure mounted on the mount structure at a position below the upper hitch structure, and a ball hitch assembly removably mountable on at least one of the ball mounts.