US 11,752,817 B2
Detachable receiver
Thomas Edward Robinson, Warren, MI (US); Henry J. Guthard, Livonia, MI (US); and Jordan Mazurek, Plymouth, MI (US)
Assigned to HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC., Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed by HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC., Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/98,978.
Application 17/098,978 is a continuation of application No. 15/691,140, filed on Aug. 30, 2017, granted, now 10,836,225.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/381,401, filed on Aug. 30, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0061033 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60D 1/52 (2006.01); B60D 1/07 (2006.01); B60D 1/167 (2006.01); B60D 1/28 (2006.01)
CPC B60D 1/52 (2013.01) [B60D 1/075 (2013.01); B60D 1/167 (2013.01); B60D 1/28 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A detachable receiver apparatus for a hitch assembly comprising:
a hitch receiver tube;
a body attached to the hitch receiver tube, the body having a receiving portion and an attachment portion oriented at a substantially perpendicular angle relative to the receiving portion;
wherein the attachment portion selectively attaches to a connection point on a vehicle;
a receiver coupler selectively attachable to the attachment portion between the body and the connection point; and
wherein the body and the hitch receiver tube are separated members and are configured to cooperate to form a male-female connection between the receiving portion and the hitch receiver tube.