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A formed steel tilt bracket has a cylindrical section which wraps around a bike support tube forming a visually pleasing and cost-effective solution to the problem of joining a round tube with a square hitch extension. The tilt bracket engages and supports an upstanding circular tube for mounting bi

A formed steel tilt bracket has a cylindrical section which wraps around a bike support tube forming a visually pleasing and cost-effective solution to the problem of joining a round tube with a square hitch extension. The tilt bracket engages and supports an upstanding circular tube for mounting bicycles or the like. The bracket has a plane of symmetry aligned with the rectangular hitch extension. The plane of symmetry passes through a cylindrical portion of the bracket which is intersected only once by the plane of symmetry, the cylindrical portion wraps over 180 degrees of the upstanding tube circumference. The cylindrical portion has a first substantially triangular extension and a second substantially triangular extension arranged symmetrically about the plane of symmetry and forming therebetween a passage for the square receiver tube. The bracket is pivotally mounted to the square receiver tube by a first pin passing through the first substantially triangular extension, the rectangular tub extension, and the second substantially triangular extension, the pin being closely spaced from the cylindrical portion. A second pin is readily removed and inserted and is positioned spaced towards the trailer hitch to connect the triangular extensions and the rectangular hitch extension. A stop is mounted to a lowermost portion of each of the triangular extensions to limit the rearward pivoting of the bracket on the rectangular extension to about 45 degrees.

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[ We claim:] [1.] An apparatus for mounting equipment to a trailer hitch comprising:a rectangular extension for mounting to a vehicle rear trailer hitch;a right cylindrical tube, having a cylindrical circumference, the tube extending vertically upwardly and being adapted to support brackets for moun

[ We claim:] [1.] An apparatus for mounting equipment to a trailer hitch comprising:a rectangular extension for mounting to a vehicle rear trailer hitch;a right cylindrical tube, having a cylindrical circumference, the tube extending vertically upwardly and being adapted to support brackets for mounting bicycles or other sporting equipment, the tube being positioned rearwardly of the rectangular extension;a bracket having a plane of symmetry, wherein the bracket has a cylindrical portion which is intersected only once by the plane of symmetry, the cylindrical portion wrapping at least 180 degrees and less then 360 degrees of the tube circumference of the right cylindrical tube, and the cylindrical portion having a first substantially triangular extension and a second substantially triangular extension arranged symmetrically about the plane of symmetry and forming therebetween a passage for the rectangular extension, and wherein the bracket is pivotably mounted to the rectangular extension by a first pin passing through the first substantially triangular extension, the rectangular extension, and the second substantially triangular extension, the pin being closely spaced from the cylindrical portion;a first stop mounted to a lowermost portion of at least one of said substantially triangular extensions to limit the outward pivoting of the bracket on the rectangular extension to about 45 degrees; anda removable second pin releasably fixing the first and second substantially triangular extensions to the rectangular extension at a position spaced from the first pin.