Patent Application
20240253407
Opening a tailgate, trunk or cargo door can be incredibly difficult for some people, or even near impossible in many cases, which can quickly cause frustration and lead to a waste of valuable time. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem.
An apparatus or system simplify the ability to open a tailgate, trunk or cargo door with ease when hauling a lot of cargo is not being met by any known device or system at present. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem either.
The main purpose of the rotating trailer hitch arm is to provide users with an additional hitch attachment that facilitates hauling items on a vehicle. Thus providing an easier ability to access and open the tailgate, trunk or cargo door.
The haul extension” is able to tow as normal without detaching it every time. Also known as “Gate-R-Tail,” the disclosure has a mounting bracket that can receive a ball hitch as well as other attachments.
A trailer hitch disclosed as a rotating trailer hitch arm includes a first arm comprising a first end and a second end and configured to engage with a male insert of a trailer hitch via the first end and a first swivel, wherein the first end comprises a lock boss adjacent the first swivel. The disclosure also includes a second arm comprising a first end configured to engage with the second end of the first arm via a second swivel and comprising a second end. The disclosure further includes a lock plate attached to the second end of the second arm and configured to engage with the locking boss and to lock the second arm in a folded relation to the first arm and comprise a trailer hitch ball.
Throughout the description, similar reference numbers may be used to identify similar elements depicted in multiple embodiments. Although specific embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated, the invention is not to be limited to the specific forms or arrangements of parts so described and illustrated. The scope of the invention is to be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents.
Reference will now be made to exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used herein to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. Alterations and further modifications of the inventive features illustrated herein and additional applications of the principles of the inventions as illustrated herein, which would occur to one skilled in the relevant art and having possession of this disclosure, are to be considered within the scope of the invention.
The present disclosed rotating trailer hitch arm, also known as “Haul Extension” offers a modern accessory that enables users to easily, quickly, and conveniently access the vehicles cargo area and therefore allows for improved efficiency, at all times. Meant to work in complement to a Reese Hitch, the haul extension introduces a novel attachment that simply inserts into the Reese Hitch in order to permit a pulling action via the cotter pin which allows the unit to move on its swiveling hinges. Once the attachment has been secured, users will be able to quickly move the items they are hauling to the side, for easy access to the trunk, tailgate, or cargo door. The haul extension enhances the functionality and usability of any average hitch and makes it more convenient when hauling or attending sports events, outdoor activities like tailgating, etc.
Although the operations of the method(s) herein are shown and described in a particular order, the order of the operations of each method may be altered so that certain operations may be performed in an inverse order or so that certain operations may be performed, at least in part, concurrently with other operations. In another embodiment, instructions or sub-operations of distinct operations may be implemented in an intermittent and/or alternating manner.
