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Trailer hitch mounted tool support

  • US 4,576,395 A
  • Filed: 04/26/1984
  • Issued: 03/18/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A support for use in conjunction with a conventional trailer hitch of the type including a horizontally projecting bar portion having an upper surface and a hitch ball projecting upwardly from said bar portion including an upper generally spherical ball portion, a shank depending downwardly from said ball portion and extending and secured downwardly through said bar portion and an enlarged abutment disc on an intermediate portion of said shank downwardly abutted against the upper surface of said bar portion and being of substantially the same outside diameter as the diameter of said ball portion and with said upper surface projecting horizontally outwardly of an upstanding cylindrical zone containing the outer peripheries of said ball portion and abutment disc, said support including an upstanding support whose lower end defines a downwardly opening cylindrical cavity therein for snug downward telescoping of the lower end of said support member over said ball portion and abutment disc and with the lower end of said support member downwardly abutted against said upper surface, said support member including a plurality of peripherally spaced setscrews threadingly supported therefrom and projectable and retractable generally radially of said cylindrical cavity at a predetermined level above the lower end of said cavity for clamp engagement with said shank intermediate said ball portion and disc, the upper end of said support including mounting means for mounting various different objects from the upper end of said support.

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