Patent attributes
A unit for storing a trailer hitch on a vehicle includes a tubular housing which is shaped to slidably accommodate the support bar of the hitch ball mount. One side wall of the housing includes a plurality of walls that are arranged to define a channel that extend from one end of the housing to a location that is spaced apart from the other end of the housing. Mounting fastener accommodating holes are defined through one of the channel-defining walls, and a hole is defined through one wall of the housing to be aligned with the mounting fastener accommodating holes so a tool can be inserted into the housing to set fasteners with the channel spacing those set fasteners apart from the support bar. Aligned receiver accommodating holes are defined through sidewalls of the housing so a hitch receiver pin can extend through these holes and through a corresponding receiver-accommodating hole in the bar of the hitch ball mount to attach the hitch mount to the housing for storage. The hitch ball mounting end of the hitch mount extends out of one end of the housing during storage.
