Patents by Inventor David Edward Birn Rathman

David Edward Birn Rathman 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: 9902224
    Abstract: Provided is a trailer hitch coupler locking device for preventing the unauthorized use or theft of the trailer when stored or otherwise unattended. The locking device includes a lock mechanism configured to move a ratchet member from a first position where the ratchet member is engaged with an elongate member to a second position away from the elongate member where the members are disengaged. The elongate member is movable from a first position where an end of the elongate member is proximate a hitch ball to hold a trailer socket between the end of the elongate member and the hitch ball, and a second position where the end of the elongate member is spaced from the hitch ball to allow the trailer socket to be moved away from the locking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Winston Products, LLC
    Inventor: David Edward Birn Rathman
  • Patent number: 9242522
    Abstract: A coupler lock for attaching to a trailer hitch coupler. The hitch coupler has a socket. The coupler lock includes a locking bar and a plug member for receipt within the socket of the hitch coupler and supported by the locking bar. The coupler lock includes a base structure removably attached to the locking bar. The base structure includes a locking structure actuatable to lockingly retain the base structure attached to the locking bar so as to retain the plug member within the socket of the hitch coupler. The locking structure is positioned above the plug member with the base structure attached to the locking bar and the plug member retained within the socket of the hitch coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: WINSTON PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Winston Breeden, III, Thaddeus T. Brej, David Edward Birn Rathman
  • Publication number: 20160009152
    Abstract: Provided is a trailer hitch coupler locking device for preventing the unauthorized use or theft of the trailer when stored or otherwise unattended. The locking device includes a lock mechanism configured to move a ratchet member from a first position where the ratchet member is engaged with an elongate member to a second position away from the elongate member where the members are disengaged. The elongate member is movable from a first position where an end of the elongate member is proximate a hitch ball to hold a trailer socket between the end of the elongate member and the hitch ball, and a second position where the end of the elongate member is spaced from the hitch ball to allow the trailer socket to be moved away from the locking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Winston H. Breeden, III, David Edward Birn Rathman, Ryan William Chepla
  • Publication number: 20150097356
    Abstract: A coupler lock for attaching to a trailer hitch coupler. The hitch coupler has a socket. The coupler lock includes a locking bar and a plug member for receipt within the socket of the hitch coupler and supported by the locking bar. The coupler lock includes a base structure removably attached to the locking bar. The base structure includes a locking structure actuatable to lockingly retain the base structure attached to the locking bar so as to retain the plug member within the socket of the hitch coupler. The locking structure is positioned above the plug member with the base structure attached to the locking bar and the plug member retained within the socket of the hitch coupler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Winston Breeden, III, Thaddeus T. Brej, David Edward Birn Rathman
  • Patent number: D773280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: WINSTON PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventor: David Edward Birn Rathman
  • Patent number: D787304
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: WINSTON PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventor: David Edward Birn Rathman
  • Patent number: D789182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Winston Products LLC
    Inventor: David Edward Birn Rathman
  • Patent number: D793852
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Winston Products, LLC
    Inventor: David Edward Birn Rathman
  • Patent number: D832624
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: WINSTON PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventor: David Edward Birn Rathman