Trailer hitch-mounted table

Abstract

A trailer hitch-mounted table is disclosed herein. The table includes an L-shaped frame for attachment to the trailer hitch of a land vehicle. The L-shaped frame also carries a tabletop remote from the trailer hitch. A pair of support leg is affixed to the tabletop for supporting the tabletop, and one or more umbrellas, when the table is used.

1 . A trailer hitch-mounted table, comprising:
 a frame being adapted for attachment to the trailer hitch of a land vehicle;   a tabletop being affixed to, and carried by, said frame, said tabletop having:
 a top panel with opposite ends and each of said ends being provided with a pair of holes; and, 
 a pair of socket members being affixed to the bottom of said top panel, each of said socket members being affixed to a respective one of said opposite ends of said top panel between said pair of holes therein; and, 
   a pair of support legs being releasably fastened to said tabletop, each of said support legs having:
 a central post with a top end snugly, yet releasably, positioning within one of said socket members; and, 
 a pair of tubular braces being affixed to said central post and being snugly, yet releasably, positioned within said pair of holes in said top panel. 
   
     
     
         2 . The trailer hitch-mounted table according to  claim 1  wherein said frame is L-shaped and includes:
 a horizontal portion having a forward end adapted for insertion into the trailer hitch of a land vehicle and also having a rearward end remote from said forward end; and, 
 a vertical portion being affixed to, and carried by, said rearward end of said horizontal portion. 
 
     
     
         3 . The trailer hitch-mounted table according to  claim 2  wherein said vertical portion telescopes and includes:
 a tubular sleeve being affixed to said rearward end of said horizontal portion, and said sleeve being provided with a first lateral bore; 
 a movable support being slidably engaged with said tubular sleeve, said movable support having:
 a support arm being slidably positioned within said tubular sleeve and having a plurality of second lateral bores along the length thereof for registration with said first lateral bore; 
 a horizontal crosspiece being affixed to, and positioned atop, said support arm for stabilizing the tabletop; and, 
 a retaining pin being extended through said first lateral bore and a user-selected one of said second lateral bores for fixing the length of said vertical portion. 
 
 
     
     
         4 . The trailer hitch-mounted table according to  claim 1  wherein said tabletop is an elongated, rectangular box having an open front for access to the interior thereof. 
     
     
         5 . The trailer hitch-mounted table according to  claim 4  wherein said elongated box has a top panel that projects outwardly from the opposite sides thereof so as to define cantilevered portions, said cantilevered portions having said holes therein and said socket members being affixed thereto.