Patents by Inventor Emmanuel Galdes

Emmanuel Galdes 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: 4792153
    Abstract: A trailer hitch adapted to be attached to a towing vehicle and to be removably connected to a vehicle to be towed. The trailer hitch includes a tubular housing open at the rear end thereof and adapted to be rigidly attached to the towing vehicle. A hitch bar is slidably mounted in the housing and comprised of a front segment slidably received in the housing and a rear segment pivotally mounted on the rear end of the front segment for rotation about a generally vertical axis. A hitch ball is mounted on the rear end of the rear segment and is pivotal through an angle of approximately 180.degree., i.e., an angle of 90.degree. on either side of a center line extending longitudinally of the hitch bar. The housing has a pair of side bolts shiftably mounted thereon for insertion into respective side grooves or recesses in the sides of the front segment of the hitch bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1988
    Inventor: Emmanuel Galdes