Patents by Inventor Jerome Jacob Heiser

Jerome Jacob Heiser 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: 4021074
    Abstract: A vehicle trailer of the fifth wheel type particularly adapted for attachment to a light towing vehicle such as a pickup truck. The trailer body includes front, rear, and sidewalls and a floor which slopes downwardly to the rear of said trailer body at a substantial angle. The trailer includes a chassis supporting the trailer body, and the chassis includes chassis rails disposed beneath and parallel to the trailer floor. These chassis rails include an upper, forward portion and a lower, rearward portion and a wheel mounting sub-frame disposed beneath the lower, rearward portion of said chassis rails. The attachment arrangement includes a tongue having a rear portion thereof attached to and extending forwardly from the upper, forward portion of said chassis rails, and a tube or the like extending downwardly from a forward portion of the tongue for engaging a fifth wheel or ball on the bed of the towing vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1977
    Assignee: Agri-Industries of South Dakota
    Inventor: Jerome Jacob Heiser