Patents by Inventor John A. Carruthers

John A. Carruthers 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: 4241936
    Abstract: A trailer coupling part which comprises a housing with a ball entry opening in the housing through which in use a towing ball is entered into the housing to complete the trailer coupling. A lever, provided with a handle, is pivotal in the housing between open and closed positions. A tongue, complementary contoured to the shape of the towing ball, is pivotal on the lever. When the towing ball is in position within the housing and the lever is in its closed position, the tongue contacts the towing ball to retain the latter in position within the housing. In the absence of a towing ball within the housing, and with the lever in an open position, the tongue automatically pivots through the ball entry opening in the housing. Moving the lever to the closed position causes the tongue to take up a position closing the ball entry opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1980
    Assignee: John Abbott Carruthers
    Inventors: John A. Carruthers, Michael J. Austin
  • Patent number: 4134355
    Abstract: The invention relates to an anchor which includes an anchor head having flukes thereon and a shaft to which at an outer end thereof an anchor warp is connected. The shaft is pivotally mounted with the head of the anchor and is formed having an elongate primary shaft pivotally connected with the head at an inner end and having a recess therewithin which mounts, in normal operation a secondary shaft which has its inner end connected with the anchor head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Inventor: John A. Carruthers