Patents by Inventor Gary Cearns

Gary Cearns 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).

  • Publication number: 20130068710
    Abstract: A rack for horizontal storage of long items includes a vertical support, a plurality of support clamps attached to the vertical support, and plurality of support bars spaced apart from the vertical support and generally parallel to the vertical support. Vertical support may include a single or double vertical bar for attachment of the plurality of support clamps. Vertical support may include a secondary vertical support for attachment of the plurality of support bars. Vertical support may include a freestanding base or may be fixable to floor and ceiling with a floor base and a ceiling plate. The rack may be fixable to a wall with a wall plate. Each support clamp may include a cradle and a lock bar, and each cradle is adjustable or fixed with respect to the vertical support. Each lock bar is adjustable with respect to a corresponding cradle and defines an adjustable aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: Gary Cearns
  • Patent number: 7559570
    Abstract: A trailer hitch draw bar includes a receiver tube with a square cross-section to fit into a receiver on a vehicle trailer hitch. A vertically-displaced collar is fixed to the receiver tube and includes a generally square, vertically-oriented aperture and at least one set of horizontal mounting holes. A vertically-adjustable elevation tube is positioned within the collar's aperture and includes a plurality of horizontal holes that index with the mounting holes in the collar. At least one mounting pin is inserted into the collar's mounting holes and the indexed holes in the elevation tube. A hitch ball pad is horizontally fixed to the top end or the bottom end of the elevation tube. A reversible hitch ball is attached to the hitch ball pad. The receiver tube, the elevation tube and the hitch ball are each separately invertible to accommodate any hitch elevation requirements while eliminating a dead zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Inventor: Gary Cearns
  • Publication number: 20080122199
    Abstract: A trailer hitch draw bar includes a receiver tube with a square cross-section to fit into a receiver on a vehicle trailer hitch. A vertically-displaced collar is fixed to the receiver tube and includes a generally square, vertically-oriented aperture and at least one set of horizontal mounting holes. A vertically-adjustable elevation tube is positioned within the collar's aperture and includes a plurality of horizontal holes that index with the mounting holes in the collar. At least one mounting pin is inserted into the collar's mounting holes and the indexed holes in the elevation tube. A hitch ball pad is horizontally fixed to the top end or the bottom end of the elevation tube. A reversible hitch ball is attached to the hitch ball pad. The receiver tube, the elevation tube and the hitch ball are each separately invertible to accommodate any hitch elevation requirements while eliminating a dead zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventor: Gary Cearns