ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,921, issued on May 26, was assigned to Gen-Y Creations LLC (Nappanee, Ind.).
"Hitch and method of manufacture" was invented by Carl J. Borkholder (Nappanee, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ball mount is formed from a plurality of components that are only cut from flat sheet metal. The components are two identical sides, two identical bridge plates, and one ball mount plate that are assembled and then welded together to form a rigid assembly. The sides have a plurality of slots to receive complementary tabs located on the bridge plates, along with apertures to locate the ball mount plate. The bridge plates have lateral edges that...