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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Curtis M. Bowe, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Inventor:
Curtis M. Bowe, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Assignee:
Curt Manufacturing, LLC, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/62 (2006.01); B60D 1/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/64 (2013.01); B60D 1/62 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mounting bracket cantilevers a support arm off the side of a receiver tube of a hitch, using flats on the receiver tube or receiver tube lip to support the cantilevered weight. The support arm is configured to receive and support one or more mating electrical connection structures, with a plug/unplug direction matching the fore/aft direction of the towing vehicle. Flanges of the mounting bracket are pulled toward each other around the receiving tube using mounting bolts which extend on right and left sides of the receiving tube. The mounting bracket is preferably formed from stamped and bent sheet metal.