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A trailer hitch for attachment to a towing vehicle comprises an elongated cross-beam which is secured to the frame of the vehicle and which has a hitch receiver extending rearwardly therefrom at the center thereof. The hitch receiver is adapted to removably receive an elongated tow bar therein to en

A trailer hitch for attachment to a towing vehicle comprises an elongated cross-beam which is secured to the frame of the vehicle and which has a hitch receiver extending rearwardly therefrom at the center thereof. The hitch receiver is adapted to removably receive an elongated tow bar therein to enable the vehicle to tow a trailer or the like. A tow bar support is secured to the cross-beam for removably receiving and supporting the tow bar therein when the tow bar is removed from the hitch receiver so that the longitudinal axis of the tow bar is disposed substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cross-beam.

대표청구항 ▼

[ I claim:] [1.]1. A trailer hitch for attachment to a towing vehicle including a forward end, a rearward end, and opposite sides, comprising:an elongated cross-beam having opposite ends, an upper end, a lower end, a forward side, and a rearward side;a hitch receiver extending rearwardly from said c

[ I claim:] [1.]1. A trailer hitch for attachment to a towing vehicle including a forward end, a rearward end, and opposite sides, comprising:an elongated cross-beam having opposite ends, an upper end, a lower end, a forward side, and a rearward side;a hitch receiver extending rearwardly from said cross-beam at the center length thereof adapted to removably receive an elongated tow bar therein;a tow bar support having first and second ends, an interior and exterior surface, said interior surface defining a central opening extending between said first and second ends of said tow bar support; said tow bar support being secured to said cross-beam for removably receiving and supporting the elongated tow bar when the tow bar is removed from said hitch receiver so that the longitudinal axis of the elongated tow bar is disposed apart from but substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said cross-beam.