Patents by Inventor Carl A. Zechbauer

Carl A. Zechbauer 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).

  • Trailer hitch guide
    Patent number: 6698783
    Abstract: The invention is an articulated frame for attachment to a trailer hitch for purposes of facilitating alignment and coupling of the trailer hitch to a vehicle hitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Inventor: Carl A. Zechbauer
  • Trailer hitch guide
    Publication number: 20020145268
    Abstract: A trailer hitch guide assembly that effectively elevates and guides a forward end of a trailer hitch into coupling engagement with a vehicle hitch. The trailer hitch guide assembly of the present invention elevates the forward end of the trailer hitch and guides the forward end of the trailer hitch into alignment with a coupling of the vehicle hitch. When the trailer hitch engages a support arm of the guide assembly, the trailer hitch is lowered, wherein a coupling of the trailer hitch couples to the coupling of the vehicle hitch. The guide assembly of the present invention may be attached and interchanged between a vehicle hitch having a ball mount with a rise above the receiver and a vehicle hitch having a ball mount with a drop below the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventor: Carl A. Zechbauer