Patents by Inventor George N. Cooper

George N. Cooper has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4703614
    Abstract: A forwardly opening cylindrical housing is mounted on the forward end of a wheeled frame coupled to the front of self-propelled prime mover and the rear of the housing includes a forwardly facing axial inlet and radial discharge rotor assembly mounted therein. The housing includes a tangential outlet for the rear end thereof aligned with the rotor assembly and the outlet has the inlet end of conduit means connected thereto for conveying large volumes of air having forage entrained therein to a remote bin into which the discharge end of the conduit opens. The forward end of the housing includes generally diametric stationary bar structure and a forward extension of the rotor shaft includes radial cutting blades spaced slightly axially from the stationary bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1987
    Inventors: George N. Cooper, Douglas W. Cooper
  • Patent number: 4349211
    Abstract: A trailer hitch comprises two elongate bumper members, a trailer bumper member connectable to the trailer near one end thereof and a tractor bumper member connectable to the tractor near one end thereof so that the trailer bumper member contacts the tractor bumper member when the trailer is connected to the tractor. A male hitch member is connected to the trailer bumper member and extends outwardly therefrom. A recess in the tractor bumper member receives the male hitch member. A latch connected to the tractor bumper member releasably secures the male hitch member. The trailer hitch is particularly adapted for connecting a forage harvester to the front of a truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1982
    Inventor: George N. Cooper