Patents by Inventor Lowell E. Blankenship

Lowell E. Blankenship 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).

  • Step plate assembly for providing a step while preserving access to the hitch ball of a hitch assembly
    Patent number: 6554311
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a step at the back of a pickup truck if the truck has a receiver hitch for holding a receiver bar. The preferred apparatus has a support structure secured to the tongue of the receiver bar with the hitch ball and nut. A pivot plate and a tread plate are pivotally mounted to the support structure, providing the step when in the horizontal position and allowing access to the hitch ball when in the vertical position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: USA Ramp, Inc
    Inventors: Lowell E. Blankenship, Willie L. Dawson, Jr.
  • Apparatus and method for attaching a loading ramp to a pickup truck
    Patent number: 6076215
    Abstract: A loading apparatus and method for attaching and mounting a loading ramp to a hitch receiver of a pickup truck, van or similar vehicle. A attachment apparatus is comprised of a receiver bar, a support structure, a ramp and a clamping plate for clamping the support structure to the opened tailgate of the pickup truck. The apparatus provides an attachment and also provides for load sharing between the receiver and the tailgate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Inventors: Lowell E. Blankenship, Willie L. Dawson, Jr.
  • Front panel for digital communications peripherals
    Patent number: D331399
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignee: Universal Data Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Lowell E. Blankenship, Gerald H. Click
  • Handheld portable modem
    Patent number: D351841
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Universal Data Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Lowell E. Blankenship, Jimmy M. Page, Gerald H. Click