Patents by Inventor Laverne C. Lebert

Laverne C. Lebert 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 with convertible hitch
    Patent number: 4261594
    Abstract: A trailer to be towed behind a vehicle has a convertible trailer hitch mounting on its front end in which a connecting portion of a trailer hitch is detachably secured so either a straight draw bar connected hitch or a gooseneck fifth wheel connected hitch may be used on the trailer. The hitch mounting has an upwardly open frame with forwardly converging thrust plates at its lateral extremities, while the trailer hitch connecting portion has a base plate that seats in the frame and integral forwardly converging side plates that abut the thrust plates of the hitch mounting frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1981
    Assignee: Wendell E. Corbett
    Inventors: Wendell E. Corbett, Laverne C. Lebert