Patents by Inventor John G. Freeman

John G. Freeman 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: 6883820
    Abstract: An offset coupler device for coupling a gooseneck trailer with a gooseneck hitch ball is provided. The coupler has a first member spaced apart from a second member by an offset plate. A ball coupler is provided at a lower end of the second member. In use, the first member is partially received in a trailer coupler tube of the trailer and a gooseneck hitch ball is partially received in the ball coupler. The offset coupler effectively increases the relative distance between the gooseneck trailer and the tow vehicle during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: PopUp Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: John G. Freeman
  • Publication number: 20040070171
    Abstract: An offset coupler device for coupling a gooseneck trailer with a gooseneck hitch ball is provided. The coupler has a first member spaced apart from a second member by an offset plate. A ball coupler is provided at a lower end of the second member. In use, the first member is partially received in a trailer coupler tube of the trailer and a gooseneck hitch ball is partially received in the ball coupler. The offset coupler effectively increases the relative distance between the gooseneck trailer and the tow vehicle during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventor: John G. Freeman
  • Patent number: 6447000
    Abstract: A retractable gooseneck trailer hitch mechanism for mounting in a bed in a pickup truck. The mechanism has a housing with a generally vertical opening therein which receives a hitch member. The housing has a generally vertical slot therein through which a portion of the hitch member extends outwardly therethrough. A cam having an arcuate face is pivotally coupled with the housing and is rotatable between a first and second position. A linkage assembly is coupled with the cam and permits a user of the mechanism to move the cam between its first and second positions from a location remote to the hitch member. When the cam is in its first position, the hitch member is in a lowered or retracted position. To move the hitch member to a raised or use position, the user rotates the cam from its first position to the second position via the linkage assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: PopUp Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard L. Dick, John G. Freeman