Patents by Inventor Louis J. Ross

Louis J. Ross 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).

  • Hitch and trailer assembly
    Patent number: 6357778
    Abstract: A hitch and trailer assembly includes a trailer having a mounting member and a hitch receiver mountable to a motor vehicle for receiving the mounting member. The hitch and trailer assembly also include a plurality of rollers for connection to one of the trailer and the motor vehicle and a plurality of bumpers for connection to the other one of the trailer and the motor vehicle to allow the rollers and the bumpers abut each other when the mounting member is disposed in the hitch receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Inventor: Louis J. Ross
  • Hitch assembly and trailer
    Patent number: 6042135
    Abstract: A hitch assembly and a trailer for a motor vehicle includes a hitch receiver mounted to a motor vehicle and mounting member securable to the hitch receiver, an adaptor structure secured to the mounting member, a receiving tube having a top end and a bottom end, and a sliding ring fastened to the receiving tube movable along the receiving tube between the top end and the bottom end to provide a first degree of motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Inventor: Louis J. Ross