ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,849, issued on June 23.

"Detachable receiver hitch ashtray assembly" was invented by Timothy White (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular ashtray detachably affixable to a receiver or ball of an automobile, the ashtray comprises a receptacle and a slidable lid. In various embodiments, the ashtray is detachable to a ball and comprises a collar circumscribing an open bottom end on a base of the receptacle adapted to receive a ball of a hitch."

The patent was filed on April 13, 2023, under Application No. 18/300,264.

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