US 12,305,510 B2
Receiver hitch-mounted ice drill device
Matt Larsen, Wyoming, MN (US)
Filed by Matt Larsen, Wyoming, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/186,271.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/324,790, filed on Mar. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0313614 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 7/02 (2006.01); E21B 3/02 (2006.01); E21B 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 7/027 (2013.01) [E21B 3/02 (2013.01); E21B 7/008 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of using a receiver hitch-mounted ice drill device, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a receiver hitch-mounted ice drill device comprised of a hitch, a motor, a drill housing with a drill bit, and a remote comprised of a transmitter;
attaching the hitch to a hitch receiver of a vehicle;
adjusting a height of the hitch;
securing the hitch into the hitch receiver via a fastener;
activating the motor via the remote;
extending the drill bit from the drill housing via the remote;
activating the drill bit via the remote;
drilling a hole in an ice surface;
deactivating the drill bit via the remote;
retracting the drill bit into the drill housing via the remote; and
deactivating the motor via the remote; and
wherein the drill bit is adapted to extend and retract via a spindle powered by the motor.