Jack adapter
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1. A trailer hitch crossbar jack adapter for connecting a jack including a lift engagement element to a vehicle including a trailer hitch, the trailer hitch including a tubular cross member, the trailer hitch crossbar jack adapter comprising:
- an adapter arm including a first end and a second end, the adapter arm including an angle formed along the length of the adapter arm, the first end of the adapter arm configured to engage the lift engagement element of the jack; and
a first cross member engagement foot connected to and extending from the second end of the adapter arm at an angle, the first cross member engagement foot including a first tubular cross member engagement end adapted for engagement with the trailer hitch tubular cross member.
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Abstract
A jack adapter for connecting a jack to a vehicle including a trailer hitch having a tubular cross member and/or a towing lug of a vehicle to provide alternate locations at which a jack may be connected to a vehicle.
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1. A trailer hitch crossbar jack adapter for connecting a jack including a lift engagement element to a vehicle including a trailer hitch, the trailer hitch including a tubular cross member, the trailer hitch crossbar jack adapter comprising:
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an adapter arm including a first end and a second end, the adapter arm including an angle formed along the length of the adapter arm, the first end of the adapter arm configured to engage the lift engagement element of the jack; and a first cross member engagement foot connected to and extending from the second end of the adapter arm at an angle, the first cross member engagement foot including a first tubular cross member engagement end adapted for engagement with the trailer hitch tubular cross member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A combination jack adapter for connecting a jack including a lift engagement element to a vehicle including a trailer hitch having a tubular cross member or a towing lug, the combination jack adapter comprising:
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a trailer hitch crossbar jack adapter including an adapter arm having a first end and a second end, the first end of the adapter arm configured to engage the lift engagement element of the jack; a tubular first cross member engagement foot connected to and extending from the second end of the adapter arm at an angle, the first cross member engagement foot including a first trailer hitch tubular cross member engagement end adapted for engagement with the trailer hitch tubular cross member; a tubular second cross member engagement foot connected to and extending from the second end of the adapter arm at an angle, the second cross member engagement foot including a second trailer hitch tubular cross member engagement end adapted for engagement with the trailer hitch tubular cross member; and a towing lug adapter portion including a towing lug jack adapter tubular section removably attached to the adapter arm first end, the towing lug jack adapter tubular section including a towing lug eye engagement element attached to and extending from the towing lug jack adapter tubular section, the towing lug eye engagement element including an aperture formed through the lug eye engagement element and a pin insertable through the lug eye engagement element for restricting pullout of the towing lug eye engagement element from the lug eye. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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