US 11,745,551 B2
Tow bar assembly
Curtis M. Bowe, Chippewa Falls, WI (US); Graham A. Motzing, Eau Claire, WI (US); and Wolfe C. Parzyck, Colfax, WI (US)
Assigned to CURT Manufacturing, LLC, Eau Claire, WI (US)
Filed by Curt Manufacturing, LLC, Eau Claire, WI (US)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/204,496.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/990,831, filed on Mar. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0291599 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. B60D 1/167 (2006.01); B60D 1/155 (2006.01); B60D 1/54 (2006.01)
CPC B60D 1/167 (2013.01) [B60D 1/155 (2013.01); B60D 1/54 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of stowing a tow bar assembly on a towing vehicle, the tow bar assembly having at least one arm extending generally horizontally from a pivot joint when the tow bar assembly is in use, the arm having a trailing end adapted for attachment to the towed load, the method comprising:
disconnecting the trailing end of the arm from the towed load;
raising the arm to a vertically-oriented position extending from the pivot joint upwardly; and
lowering the arm by pivoting the arm about a longitudinal axis until a portion of the arm extends into a stowage recess, until the portion of the arm engages to help retain the arm in a transversely-directed, generally horizontal stowage position.