Patents by Inventor Robert W. Kimmel

Robert W. Kimmel 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: 4040006
    Abstract: A warning system designed to be interconnected between a towing vehicle such as a conventional automobile and a trailer or like device comprising a towed vehicle wherein the warning system includes a circuit defined by electrically connected elements. Such elements include an indicator member which could be an audible alarm connected to a power source which in turn is electrically interconnected to one or more sensing arms mounted on the towed vehicle. The circuit is further defined by being electrically grounded to a conductive portion of the frame of the towing vehicle such that engagement between one of the sensing arms and a conductive portion of the frame of the towing vehicle causes a completion of the circuit and activation of the alarm member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1977
    Inventor: Robert W. Kimmel