Patents by Inventor George W. Gunn

George W. Gunn 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).

  • Releasable mounting of bicycle rack on vehicle bumper
    Patent number: 7806308
    Abstract: A quick connection and release assembly for releasably mounting a bicycle rack on the bumper of a motor vehicle. The assembly includes a bumper plate structure adapted to be fixedly secured to the bumper by fasteners and defining at least one tongue extending upwardly from an upper edge thereof and a bicycle rack plate structure adapted to be fixedly secured to a rear face of the bike rack base plate by fasteners and including an aperture proximate an upper edge thereof sized to receive the tongue and retractable pins proximate lower side edges thereof for positioning behind a lower edge portion of the bumper plate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Midwest Bus Corporation
    Inventor: George W. Gunn
  • Releasable mounting of bicycle rack on vehicle bumper
    Publication number: 20080067209
    Abstract: A quick connection and release assembly for releasably mounting a bicycle rack on the bumper of a motor vehicle. The assembly includes a bumper plate structure adapted to be fixedly secured to the bumper by fasteners and defining at least one tongue extending upwardly from an upper edge thereof and a bicycle rack plate structure adapted to be fixedly secured to a rear face of the bike rack base plate by fasteners and including an aperture proximate an upper edge thereof sized to receive the tongue and retractable pins proximate lower side edges thereof for positioning behind a lower edge portion of the bumper plate structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Midwest Bus Corporation
    Inventor: George W. Gunn