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A trailer hitch security device includes a hitch receiver housing for placement over the receiver end of the trailer hitch with the receiver end of the trailer hitch extending through a hitch receiver slot formed in a first face of the hitch receiver housing. The hitch security device also includes

A trailer hitch security device includes a hitch receiver housing for placement over the receiver end of the trailer hitch with the receiver end of the trailer hitch extending through a hitch receiver slot formed in a first face of the hitch receiver housing. The hitch security device also includes housing closure member which is configured to enclose an open face of the hitch receiver housing in a locking engagement. In one embodiment of the relative dimensions and configurations of the hitch receiver slot and receiver end of the trailer hitch are such that withdrawal of the receiver end of the trailer hitch through the hitch receiver slot is impossible. Alternatively, the receiver end of the trailer hitch may be configured originally or by modification to include a whole or partial collar member or an ear attached for limiting withdrawal of the receiver end of the trailer hitch through the hitch receiver slot. In an alternate embodiment of the invention, removal or withdrawal of the receiver end of the trailer hitch is prohibited by a receiver engaging element engageable with the housing closure member.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A trailer hitch security device for a trailer hitch including an enlarged end member comprising:a hitch receiver housing configured as an enclosure, the hitch receiver housing including a first face having a hitch receiver slot and a second face having a hitch receiver entry apertur

[ I claim:] [1.] A trailer hitch security device for a trailer hitch including an enlarged end member comprising:a hitch receiver housing configured as an enclosure, the hitch receiver housing including a first face having a hitch receiver slot and a second face having a hitch receiver entry aperture;a housing closure member including a housing closure base and a hitch receiver slot closure tab attached to and extending from the housing closure base, the hitch receiver slot closure tab engageable with the hitch receiver slot, the housing closure member engageable with the hitch receiver housing restricting access to a receiver end of a trailer hitch through the hitch receiver entry aperture;a first cooperating lock element attached to the hitch receiver housing; anda second cooperating lock element engageable with the first cooperating lock element for restricting disengagement of the hitch receiver housing and the housing closure member.