Patents by Inventor Don W. Mills

Don W. Mills 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: 5938262
    Abstract: A slidable truck bed extension including a rigid extension plate having a first and second wheel well notch formed into the side thereof and a pair of connecting rails extending from the underside thereof, each connecting rail having a plurality of spaced pairs of upper and lower roller members rotatably mounted thereon; and first and second rail assemblies, each rail assembly including a support rail having a plurality of rail supports extending therefrom, each support rail having a diameter equal to the distance between the upper and lower roller members, each rail support being affixable to the existing bed of a pickup truck. In a preferred embodiment the bed extension plate further includes one or more spring loaded locking pins and one or more of the rail supports include a rail support locking pin aperture formed therein at a location such that the spring loaded locking pin is positionable in registration with and into the rail support locking pin aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Inventor: Don W. Mills