Patents by Inventor Donald G. Lien

Donald G. Lien 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: 6109640
    Abstract: An adapter for converting a tag-along or standard trailer to a gooseneck trailer. The adapter has a main elevated horizontal frame with three principal structures depending therefrom comprising: (1) a forward gooseneck of adjustable vertical length for connection to a gooseneck towing point on a tow vehicle; (2) an intermediate vertical-tension-resisting rectangular frame carrying a hitch ball to be received in a ball-hitch coupler of the standard trailer, and small light-weight retractable or removable wheels with pneumatic tires providing manual mobility of the adapter by a single person, with its weight balanced over the wheels, between the standard trailer and a parked adapter position when the adapter is disconnected from the trailer; and (3) a rear vertical-compression-resisting rectangular frame having a vertically adjustable horizontal beam member which spans, rests atop, and is secured to, upper surfaces of trailer tongue members extending rearwardly divergently from the trailer ball-hitch coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Inventors: Donald Allen, Donald G. Lien