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A carrier frame for a spring cushion truck hitch includes side mounting brackets and a transverse load-resisting (torsion) bar connected between the mounting brackets. The mounting brackets connect the frame of the hitch to the truck frame, so that the carrier frame can be removed from the hitch and

A carrier frame for a spring cushion truck hitch includes side mounting brackets and a transverse load-resisting (torsion) bar connected between the mounting brackets. The mounting brackets connect the frame of the hitch to the truck frame, so that the carrier frame can be removed from the hitch and the hitch re-used on a different truck having a different frame configuration. The mounting brackets carry the hitch below the truck bumper which need not be removed or replaced.

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[ I claim:] [1.] In combination, a hitch assembly including a draw member carried by a hitch frame including first and second side frame members, each side frame member having an upright portion with a plurality of mounting apertures spaced in the fore-to-aft direction when said hitch assembly is mo

[ I claim:] [1.] In combination, a hitch assembly including a draw member carried by a hitch frame including first and second side frame members, each side frame member having an upright portion with a plurality of mounting apertures spaced in the fore-to-aft direction when said hitch assembly is mounted to the frame of a vehicle having a rear bumper; anda carrier frame adapted to mounted said hitch assembly to the frame of said vehicle, said carrier frame comprising:first and second side mounting brackets, each side mounting bracket including(i) an upper mounting flange defining a first plurality of apertures spaced in said fore-to-aft direction and adapted to be bolted to said vehicle frame in a plurality of spaced locations;(ii) a lower mounting flange defining a second plurality of apertures spaced in said fore-to-aft direction and adapted to be bolted to an associated one of said first and second frame members of said hitch frame;(iii) a web extending substantially vertically and integrally formed with associated ones of said upper mounting flange and lower mounting flange, each web having a sufficient vertical extension such that when said carrier frame is assembled to said vehicle frame to carry said hitch assembly, said draw member thereof is located below said rear bumper of said vehicle; anda transverse structural member extending between and connected to said webs of said first and second mounting brackets, said transverse structural member constructed and arranged to resist lateral loads applied to said first and second brackets by said hitch assembly in use.