| 摘要 |
A vehicle mounted storage device for the ball mount and spring/torsion bar component of a trailer weight distribution system when the equipment is not in use. The storage device is comprised of a horizontal channel where the spring bars can be inserted, a vertical channel, where the ball mount can be inserted, and a horizontal tongue separating the two channels. When the spring bars are inserted into the horizontal channel with the heads of the spring bars resting on the tongue area and the ball mount is inserted into the vertical channel with the hitch ball directly above the spring bar heads, the spring bars are securely confined to the device. Once a locking device has been affixed to the ball mount, the device deters theft of the spring bars and ball mount. |
| 主权项 |
1. A storage device for a ball mount and a pair of spring bars, the device mounting the ball mount and the pair of spring bars affixed to a supporting structure, the device comprising:
a channel for receiving two spring bars with the proper cross-sectional area and length to support and secure the spring bars, a channel for receiving a ball mount with the proper cross sectional area to support and secure the ball mount, a tongue connecting the spring bar channel and the ball mount channel in a manner that the two channels are approximately perpendicular to each other with a length providing the proper distance between the two channels that once the spring bars are inserted into the spring bar channel and the ball mount is inserted into the shank channel that heads of the spring bars fit on the tongue and the ball mount can rest on top of the spring bar heads, securing the spring bars from removal as long as the ball mount is installed in place, and means for mounting the device to a supporting structure comprising clamping, bolting, and welding. |
