Patents by Inventor Maurice E. Lehman

Maurice E. Lehman 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: 4281950
    Abstract: A transport trailer for wheelbarrows includes a longitudinal channel member for the guidance and support of a wheelbarrow wheel and is adapted to be coupled to the drawbar of a garden tractor. A rear transverse member supports the rear end of the longitudinal channel at its center and includes on its upper side and on opposite sides of the longitudinal channel laterally adjustable locking bolts for the legs of wheelbarrows having diverse distances between legs. The rear transverse member carries at its ends a pair of wheels and a ramp for the wheelbarrow is pivotally attached to the rear of the trailer and is biased by a spring to extended and folded positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1981
    Assignee: Maurice E. Lehman
    Inventors: Maurice E. Lehman, Roland P. Gehman
  • Patent number: 4155678
    Abstract: A low profile trailer dolly having separated rear wheels and a forward end draft tongue is adapted to be drawn by a garden tractor. The trailer dolly has a pivoted ramp member at its transverse center upon which the wheelbarrow wheel is rolled to elevate the wheelbarrow and nest its wheel between the ramp member and an adjustable supporting bar on the frame of the trailer dolly. Support platforms for the wheelbarrow legs and a leg locking device are provided adjacent to the inner sides of the wheels of the trailer dolly. The device enables a conventional wheelbarrow to serve the purpose of a small wagon around the home or farm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1979
    Assignee: Maurice E. Lehman
    Inventors: Maurice E. Lehman, Roland P. Gehman, Kenneth E. Mohler, Donald H. Straub
  • Patent number: 4052079
    Abstract: To provide an economical and practical material hauling apparatus for use with a garden tractor or the like, a wheelbarrow has its leg structure supported on a dolly which is towed by the tractor through the usual drawbar means. The dolly is provided with caster wheels. The wheelbarrow wheel is rearmost in the caravan and its handles extend forwardly. Vertical articulation between the wheelbarrow leg structure and the towing dolly is provided for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1977
    Inventor: Maurice E. Lehman