Patents by Inventor Gary Milner

Gary Milner 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: 7354057
    Abstract: The present invention is a laser-guided alignment apparatus for aligning various trailer hitches to a vehicle. The alignment apparatus can align trailers with either a bumper ball hitch, a gooseneck hitch, or a fifth-wheel hitch. The alignment apparatus of the present invention uses lasers that produce beams of light that produce reflecting points which are reflected on a target. These various reflecting points are aligned to indicate proper alignment of a trailer to a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Inventors: Gary Milner, Martin Talley
  • Publication number: 20060261574
    Abstract: The present invention is a laser-guided alignment apparatus for aligning various trailer hitches to a vehicle. The alignment apparatus can align trailers with either a bumper ball hitch, a gooseneck hitch, or a fifth-wheel hitch. The alignment apparatus of the present invention uses lasers that produce beams of light that produce reflecting points which are reflected on a target. These various reflecting points are aligned to indicate proper alignment of a trailer to a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Gary Milner, Martin Talley
  • Patent number: 6089215
    Abstract: A ball throwing apparatus includes a ball feeding guide, an actuator with a movable stop member, a throwing arm and ball launching guide. The ball feeding guide defines a path open at and extending between first and second ends for receiving balls at the first end, guiding the balls in a single file arrangement along the path with the balls being movable by the force of gravity through the path and feeding the balls from the second end. The actuator is disposed adjacent to the second end of the ball feeding guide and its stop member is movable between an extended position in which the stop member blocks the path and thereby retains the balls in the single file arrangement within the path and a retracted position in which the stop member unblocks the path and thereby allows the feeding of balls from the path at the second end of the ball feeding guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Inventors: Delmas Morris, Gary Milner