Patents by Inventor Lonnell E. Smith

Lonnell E. Smith 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 lock
    Patent number: 6729595
    Abstract: An anti theft device for a trailer comprising a bracket attached to a side of the trailer, a pipe flattened at one end thereof such that the flattened end is adapted to be received in the bracket, the pipe when received in the bracket and disposed in a vertical relationship being adapted to lift the trailer slightly above the ground so that the bottom of the pipe is in contact with the ground and a lock for locking the pipe to the bracket while maintaining the vertical position of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Inventor: Lonnell E. Smith
  • Trailer lock
    Publication number: 20030019260
    Abstract: An anti theft device for a trailer comprising a bracket attached to a side of the trailer, a pipe flattened at one end thereof such that the flattened end is adapted to be received in the bracket, the pipe when received in the bracket and disposed in a vertical relationship being adapted to lift the trailer slightly above the ground so that the bottom of the pipe is in contact with the ground and a lock for locking the pipe to the bracket while maintaining the vertical position of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventor: Lonnell E. Smith
  • Air car
    Patent number: 4043421
    Abstract: An air car capable of flying above the surface of the ground and above the ground-effect distance comprising a substantially rectangular frame structure defining a front end, a rear end, lateral side ends, a top and a bottom; a turbine engine mounted in the forward end of said vehicle and having an intake opening leading thereto at the forward end of said vehicle, a pair of rearwardly directed exhaust ports located adjacent the center of the rear of said vehicle and connected to the exhaust of said turbine, a pair of lateral exhaust openings adjacent the forward end of said vehicle and connected to the exhaust of said turbine, a pair of lateral exhaust ports located adjacent the rear of said vehicle and connected to the exhaust of said turbine, a pair of spaced fan assemblies mounted at the forward end of said vehicle and adjacent the sides thereof adapted to draw air from above said vehicle and force the same downwardly through openings at the bottom of said vehicle, a second pair of spaced fan assemblies mo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1977
    Inventor: Lonnell E. Smith