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1. A trailer hitch coupler guard comprising:
(a) a trailer hitch coupler receiving member defining an interior space; (b) a trailer hitch coupler covering member defining an interior space; (c) an extraction stopping lug fixedly attached to and extending upwardly from the trailer hitch coupler receiving member; (d) a hinge operatively interconnecting the trailer hitch coupler receiving member and the trailer hitch coupler covering member, said hinge facilitating movement of the trailer hitch coupler covering member between opened and closed positions, the trailer hitch coupler covering member overlying the trailer hitch coupler receiving member upon movement to the closed position, and the trailer hitch coupler covering member being displaced away from the closed position upon movement to the opened position; (e) a pair of eyed flanges, each flange among said pair of eyed flanges being fixedly attached to one of the members among the trailer hitch coupler receiving member and the trailer coupler covering member; said flanges' eyes being positioned for, upon the movement of the trailer hitch coupler covering member to the closed position, alignment with each other; wherein the trailer hitch coupler receiving member comprises a floor and left, right, and front walls, and wherein the trailer hitch coupler covering member comprises a ceiling and left, right, and front walls; wherein the extraction stopping lug comprises a disk and post combination, said combination's post having a lower end, and wherein the post's lower end is attached to the floor; the interior spaces of the trailer hitch coupler receiving member and covering member housing the extraction stopping lug upon movement of the trailer hitch coupler covering member to its closed position; wherein the hinge joins the trailer hitch coupler covering member's and trailer hitch coupler receiving member's left or right walls; wherein the eyed flanges extend oppositely from the hinge; wherein each flange among the pair of eyed flanges has a distal end; and wherein said guard further comprises a padlock guarding plate, said plate being perpendicular to and fixedly attached to one of said distal ends such that together said plate and said flanges form the shape of a capital letter T. |
