Patents by Inventor Daniel L. McBride

Daniel L. McBride 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: 5421601
    Abstract: A trailer hitch cover includes a removable hollow housing and a latch for securing the enclosure to the hitch so that it will remain in place while it is installed on the hitch. The hollow housing has an enclosed body and a tubular neck connected to and protruding from one wall of the enclosed body and being open at its outer end. The neck has a cross sectional size substantially smaller than that of the body. The enclosed body is formed by a pair of identical halves hinged together. Mating parts of the latch are mounted to identical halves of the tubular neck. The halves of the hitch cover are thus releasably secured together in a clam-shell fashion over the hitch so as to be mounted to a portion of the hitch at only the hollow neck of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Inventors: Lee R. Hinze, Daniel L. McBride