Patents by Inventor Pete Bolenbaugh

Pete Bolenbaugh 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).

  • Anti-sway trailer hitch devices
    Patent number: 8025307
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates trailer hitch devices for towing a trailer behind a vehicle. The present disclosure provides a hitch and associated structures which provide an anti-sway function. More specifically, the present disclosure provides an anti-sway trailer hitch including an anti-sway device for the hitch, wherein the anti-sway device includes: a sway bar attachment member having a cammed surface; and a sway controller having a bias mechanism adapted to bias a travel axis of the trailer toward a travel axis of the towing vehicle through an interaction between the cammed surface of the sway bar attachment member and the bias mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: The Coast Distribution System, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Moore, Pete Bolenbaugh, David Hoover, Rodney Peterson
  • ANTI-SWAY TRAILER HITCH DEVICES
    Publication number: 20090152832
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates trailer hitch devices for towing a trailer behind a vehicle. The present disclosure provides a hitch and associated structures which provide an anti-sway function. More specifically, the present disclosure provides an anti-sway trailer hitch including an anti-sway device for the hitch, wherein the anti-sway device includes: a sway bar attachment member having a cammed surface; and a sway controller having a bias mechanism adapted to bias a travel axis of the trailer toward a travel axis of the towing vehicle through an interaction between the cammed surface of the sway bar attachment member and the bias mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher Moore, Pete Bolenbaugh, David Hoover, Rodney Peterson