Patents by Inventor Joe L. Ponder

Joe L. Ponder 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).

  • Trailer hitch locking device
    Patent number: 4730841
    Abstract: A device for preventing theft of a towed trailer vehicle having a socket-like hitch coupler mounted on an elongate trailer tongue member. The device includes an elongate base plate, a post mounted on the base plate to be received in the socket of the hitch coupler, a second elongate plate hingeably interconnected to said base plate to be positioned over the hitch coupler, a locking bar to secure the second plate in place over the hitch coupler, and a lock enclosure to protect a locking means against tampering when the device is in place upon the trailer vehicle hitch coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1988
    Inventor: Joe L. Ponder