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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2012
Keith L. Prescott, Cambridge, VT (US);
Kevin S. Bogoslofski, Southington, CT (US);
John Laverack, Southbury, CT (US);
Greg G. Weaver, Waterbury, CT (US);
Keith L. Prescott, Cambridge, VT (US);
Kevin S. Bogoslofski, Southington, CT (US);
John Laverack, Southbury, CT (US);
Greg G. Weaver, Waterbury, CT (US);
Thule Sweden AB, Hillerstorp, SE;
Abstract
Insert bar assembly includes an elongate hitch-attachment bar which in turn comprises a hitch-receiver insert portion located at an insertable end of the bar. Assembly can include an expander which accommodates attachment of the assembly to a hitch which is larger than the insert portion of the bar. Adapter assembly includes expandable adapter mountable upon hitch-attachment bar that is square in cross-sectional shape and sized for insertion into first tubular hitch receiver and further includes an expander that diagonally extends and retracts relative to attachment bar. Adapter is configured to substantially house a hitch-receiver insert portion of the bar in a collapsed configuration. Adapter comprises a main body having an interior space defined by at least two substantially perpendicular interior walls positioned adjacent to two exterior walls of the hitch-receiver insert portion, the walls being expandable to attach the insert bar to a hitch.