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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2011
Winston Breeden, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Thaddeus T. Brej, Rocky River, OH (US);
Winston Breeden, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Thaddeus T. Brej, Rocky River, OH (US);
Winston Products LLC, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A hitch device for a trailer mount is provided. The hitch device includes a mounting portion, a receiver sleeve receiving the mounting portion, wherein the receiver sleeve includes a cross-section having a quadrilateral shape. In one aspect, the mounting portion includes a plurality of walls, wherein each of the walls projects towards internal corners of the receiver sleeve. In another aspect, the walls includes a concave portion and a convex portion. In yet another aspect, a center distance between each of first center portions of a first pair of opposing walls is less than an edge distance between each of two first edge portions, and a second center distance between each of second center portions of a second pair of opposing walls is less than a second edge distance between each of two second edge portions.