Patents by Inventor Abe Stutts

Abe Stutts 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: 7731217
    Abstract: A device for bringing the separated truck and trailer borne elements of a goose neck hitch arrangement fully into position for completing the mating of the two elements without requiring the vehicle operator to leave the vehicle; and then for completing the mating of the elements and locking the hitch into place with the vehicle. An open bottomed receiver well is located in the tow vehicle bed. The trailer borne hitch section that drops into the receiver well comprises a funnel shaped member having a rod shaped probe as its lower end. The rod shaped probe, dependent from the goose neck trailer tongue is used to visually align the hitch over the receiver well as the truck is backed beneath it. The driver then exits and the probe serves to guide the hitch into the receiver well as the trailer tongue is lowered toward the truck bed following which a pair of lock pins are used to complete the hitching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Inventor: Abe Stutts
  • Publication number: 20080238035
    Abstract: A device for bringing the truck and trailer borne portions of a goose neck hitch arrangement fully into position for completing the mating of the two sections without requiring the vehicle operator to leave the vehicle. An open bottomed cone shaped receiver is located in the tow vehicle bed. The hitch section that drops into the receiver which comprises a funnel shape, having a cone shaped portion which has the same shape and dimensions as the receiver cone, but differing in that it terminates in a rod shaped probe and thus has a funnel shape. The funnel tip serves to guide the upper cone into its final position within the receive section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventor: Abe Stutts