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A trailer hitch step apparatus including a hollow square-shaped hitch sleeve, with a perimeter of a channel of the hitch sleeve substantially conforming to a perimeter of a trailer hitch receiver. A base mounting support is attached to a bottom side of the hitch sleeve. Each of a right step member a

A trailer hitch step apparatus including a hollow square-shaped hitch sleeve, with a perimeter of a channel of the hitch sleeve substantially conforming to a perimeter of a trailer hitch receiver. A base mounting support is attached to a bottom side of the hitch sleeve. Each of a right step member and a left step member of a pair of step members is attached to a right area and a left area, respectively, of the base mounting support. Each of a right side mounting support and a left side mounting support of a pair of triangular side mounting supports is disposed on a side edge of the right step member and the left step member, respectively. The channel of the hitch sleeve is selectively slidably disposable around the trailer hitch receiver, and a tightening bolt secures the channel of the hitch sleeve around the trailer hitch receiver.

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1. A trailer hitch step apparatus comprising: a hollow square-shaped hitch sleeve having an open front end, an open back end, a right side, a left side, a top side, a bottom side, and a channel disposed from the back end to the front end, wherein each of the right side, the left side, the top side,

1. A trailer hitch step apparatus comprising: a hollow square-shaped hitch sleeve having an open front end, an open back end, a right side, a left side, a top side, a bottom side, and a channel disposed from the back end to the front end, wherein each of the right side, the left side, the top side, and the bottom side has an internal surface and an external surface;wherein a perimeter of the channel of the hitch sleeve substantially conforms to a perimeter of a trailer hitch receiver;a rectangular base mounting support attached to the external surface of the bottom side of the hitch sleeve, the base mounting support having a right area, a left area, and a back area, wherein a length of the base mounting support substantially conforms to a length of the hitch sleeve, and a width of the base mounting support substantially conforms to a width of the hitch sleeve;a pair of step members comprising a right step member and a left step member, each of the right step member and the left step member having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a continuous side edge having a dome-shaped outer portion, a linear inner portion, a continuous upper surface, a continuous lower surface, a front rounded corner, and a rear corner, wherein the inner portion of the side edge of each of the right step member and the left step member is disposed on an entirety of the right area of the base mounting support and the left area of the base mounting support, respectively, wherein the back area of the base mounting support is disposed adjacent to the rear corner of the side edge of each of the right step member and the left step member;wherein a height of each of the right step member and the left step member is equal to a height of the base mounting support;a pair of right angled triangular side mounting supports comprising a right side mounting support and a left side mounting support, each of the right side mounting support and the left side mounting support having an inner surface, an outer surface, a lower edge, a diagonally disposed left side edge, and a vertically disposed right side edge, wherein the lower edge of each of the right side mounting support and the left side mounting support is disposed on the upper surface of the side edge of the right step member and the left step member, respectively, adjacent to the inner portion, and the inner surface of each of the right side mounting support and the left side mounting support proximal the right side edge is disposed on the external surface of each of the right side and the left side, respectively, of the hitch sleeve;a threaded aperture medially disposed through the top side of the hitch sleeve; anda tightening bolt selectively threadably engageable within the aperture;wherein the channel of the hitch sleeve is selectively slidably disposable around the trailer hitch receiver;wherein the tightening bolt selectively secures the channel of the hitch sleeve around the trailer hitch receiver when the tightening bolt is downwardly threadably engaged within the aperture. 2. The trailer hitch step apparatus of claim 1 wherein the top surface of each of the right step member and the left step member is a diamond tread plate. 3. The trailer hitch step apparatus of claim 2 wherein the hitch sleeve, the base mounting support, the pair of step members, and the pair of side mounting supports are steel.