ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,633, issued on Feb. 4.

"Trailer hitch with lift mechanism" was invented by Allen Jefferies (Granbury, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trailer hitch with lift mechanism includes a vehicle connection point, an adjustable hitch base, a motor, and a hitch locking assembly. The motor is powered via a trailer hitch plug of a towing vehicle. The adjustable hitch base includes a plurality of adjustment apertures and one or more guide tracks. The hitch locking assembly is slidingly coupled to the adjustable hitch base and includes one or more guide rollers slidingly associated with the guide tracks, a backing plate, an aperture configur...