Patents by Inventor Glenn L. Myers

Glenn L. Myers 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: 4156473
    Abstract: A hitch adapter connects a tractor drawbar to an implement hitch pin and includes a cast housing having top and bottom walls and a forwardly open chamber that receives the rearward end of the tractor drawbar. The housing has a pair of vertical openings elongated in a transverse direction and receiving vertical bolts having nuts at their lower ends which are tightenable to clamp the housing between the head of the bolt and the nut. The shanks of the bolts are disposed on opposite ends of the drawbar and are shiftable laterally in the openings to engage the opposite side of the drawbar to limit lateral movement of the housing relative to the drawbar, the nuts being tightened to clamp the bolts in the selected position. Serrated surfaces are provided on both the top and bottom of the housing around the openings, and each bolt is provided with a pair of washers having serrated surfaces that respectively engage the serrated surfaces on the top and bottom of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1979
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Glenn L. Myers, Ronald N. Grimstad, Marlyn L. Jerke, David L. Wolf