Patents by Inventor Beryl Vinchattle

Beryl Vinchattle 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: 4666177
    Abstract: A hitch for coupling a drawbar on a draft vehicle to a tongue bar on a trailer or pulled vehicle includes a preferably square tubular housing having a forward end for removable attachment to the drawbar and a rearward end for receiving and removably securing the tongue bar. Projecting from the rearward end is a four sided funnel or hopper shaped tongue bar guide comprising respective top and bottom immovable plates rigidly secured to the top and bottom edges of the housing and movable opposed side plates each hingedly secured to opposed sides of the housing so as to be separately movable away from and into abutment with the top and bottom plates. Spring means yieldingly hold the side plates in abutment with the top and bottom plates and a releasable locking assembly within the housing holds the side plates immovable while the tongue bar is being introduced and guided into the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Inventor: Beryl Vinchattle