Patents by Inventor Joe B. Gray

Joe B. Gray 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).

  • Method and apparatus for assisting in and facilitating the coupling of a trailer tongue to a vehicle latch
    Patent number: 4545595
    Abstract: The present invention presents a method and apparatus for assisting in and facilitating the coupling of a trailer tongue to a vehicle hitch. An overhead structure extends over the trailer tongue and includes a pulley depending downwardly therefrom. Through the provisions of a winch and an attached cable assembly which is threaded through the pulley and attached to the trailer tongue, the trailer tongue is elevated upwardly and stationed at an elevated position such that the vehicle hitch may be moved thereunder. Once the trailer hitch assumes an appropriate position, then the winch is actuated and the trailer tongue is lowered onto the vehicle hitch and the vehicle hitch is appropriately coupled to the trailer tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1985
    Inventor: Joe B. Gray