Patents by Inventor Joshua A. Jones

Joshua A. Jones 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).

  • Publication number: 20240198743
    Abstract: A trailer hitch system for equalizing trailer loads and reducing trailer sway. The trailer hitch system may include spring bars that may be attached to a hitch head using a trunnion style connection. The spring bars may be attached to the trailer using rigid brackets that reduce swinging of the spring bars. The rigid brackets having a plurality of contact points may include an upward extending portion for attaching to the trailer tongue, and a lateral extending portion for receiving the spring bars thereupon. The rigid brackets may include a spacing member and an attachment member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Jason Robert Harper, Raymond L. Conger, Joshua A. Jones, Jed K. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20240034112
    Abstract: A trailer hitch system for equalizing trailer loads and reducing trailer sway. The trailer hitch system may include spring bars that may be attached to a hitch head using a trunnion style connection. The spring bars may be attached to the trailer using rigid brackets that reduce swinging of the spring bars. The rigid brackets having a plurality of contact points may include an upward extending portion for attaching to the trailer tongue, and a lateral extending portion for receiving the spring bars thereupon. The rigid brackets may include a spacing member and an attachment member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Jason Robert Harper, Raymond L. Conger, Joshua A. Jones, Jed K. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20180326951
    Abstract: A trailer hitch jack for rapidly raising and lowering the tongue of a trailer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Gary M. Scott, Joshua A. Jones, Jed Anderson
  • Patent number: 9321434
    Abstract: A trailer hitch jack for rapidly raising and lowering the tongue of a trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Progress Mfg. Inc.
    Inventors: Gary M. Scott, Joshua A. Jones, Jed Anderson
  • Publication number: 20140158960
    Abstract: A trailer hitch jack for rapidly raising and lowering the tongue of a trailer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Progress Mfg. Inc.
    Inventors: Gary M. Scott, Joshua A. Jones, Jed Anderson
  • Patent number: 8628107
    Abstract: A trailer hitch system for equalizing trailer loads and reducing trailer sway. The trailer hitch system may include spring bars that may be attached to a hitch head using a trunnion style connection. The spring bars may be attached to the trailer using rigid brackets that reduce swinging of the spring bars. The rigid brackets having a plurality of contact points may include an upward extending portion for attaching to the trailer tongue, and a lateral extending portion for receiving the spring bars thereupon. The rigid brackets may include a spacing member and an attachment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Progress Mfg. Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Robert Harper, Raymond L. Conger, Joshua A. Jones, Jed Anderson
  • Patent number: 8500102
    Abstract: A retractable jack foot for a trailer hitch jack is disclosed, for rapidly raising and lowering the tongue of a trailer. The retractable jack foot solves multiple prior art problems discussed above in the “Description of Related Art,” such as: trailer hitch jacks not being long enough to reach the ground and still lift the trailer to a sufficient height (small distance travel); the laborious, time-consuming practice of cranking a trailer hitch jack all the way to the ground before finally causing lift in the trailer. In both cases, blocks of wood or other spacers are sometimes used to reduce the travel of the jack. The retractable jack foot of the present disclosure, solves those problems, by providing a “built in” block, or foot, pivotally attached to the bottom of the trailer hitch jack. The jack foot can be rotated into and out of position as desired, to quickly lengthen or shorten the jack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Progress Mfg. Inc.
    Inventors: Gary M. Scott, Joshua A. Jones, Jed Anderson
  • Publication number: 20110179568
    Abstract: A crib, which is convertible into a toddler bed and a standard bed, has four panels forming an enclosure around a mattress. The toddler bed is formed by removing a section of one of the panels such that the mattress is accessible along one side of the toddler bed. The standard bed is formed by reconfiguring two of the panels forming the enclosure around the crib mattress into two side rails. The side rails are then installed in a spaced apart and substantially parallel relationship to each other between the two other panels. The two other panels may form a headboard and a footboard for the standard bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventor: Joshua A. Jones
  • Publication number: 20110156372
    Abstract: A trailer hitch system for equalizing trailer loads and reducing trailer sway. The trailer hitch system may include spring bars that may be attached to a hitch head using a trunnion style connection. The spring bars may be attached to the trailer using rigid brackets that reduce swinging of the spring bars. The rigid brackets having a plurality of contact points may include an upward extending portion for attaching to the trailer tongue, and a lateral extending portion for receiving the spring bars thereupon. The rigid brackets may include a spacing member and an attachment member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: PROGESS MFG. INC.
    Inventors: Jason Robert Harper, Raymond L. Conger, Joshua A. Jones, Jed Anderson
  • Publication number: 20090159863
    Abstract: A trailer hitch jack for rapidly raising and lowering the tongue of a trailer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Gary M. Scott, Joshua A. Jones, Jed Anderson
  • Publication number: 20080263764
    Abstract: A crib, which is convertible into a toddler bed and a standard bed, has four panels forming an enclosure around a mattress. The toddler bed is formed by removing a section of one of the panels such that the mattress is accessible along one side of the toddler bed. The standard bed is formed by reconfiguring two of the panels forming the enclosure around the crib mattress into two side rails. The side rails are then installed in a spaced apart and substantially parallel relationship to each other between the two other panels. The two other panels may form a headboard and a footboard for the standard bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventor: Joshua A. Jones