Patents by Inventor Mark Scruggs

Mark Scruggs 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: 20080129012
    Abstract: Receivers are attached to motor vehicles to tow a variety of objects such as trailers. Due to the variety of makes and models of motor vehicles, several different sized receivers are required to fit most motor vehicles. The present receiver, however, provides adjustability in at least three directions. This adjustability means that one receiver can fit many different makes and models of vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventor: Mark Scruggs
  • Publication number: 20060186637
    Abstract: Receivers are attached to motor vehicles to tow a variety of objects such as trailers. Due to the variety of makes and models of motor vehicles, several different sized receivers are required to fit most motor vehicles. Accordingly, a receiver for mounting to a frame of a motor vehicle comprises a main frame member, first and second selectively positionable mounting flanges secured to the main frame member at selected first and second points, respectively, and a pair of mounting brackets capable of attachment to the first and second mounting flanges, each of the pair of mounting brackets having at least two mounting skirts capable of attaching to the frame of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventor: Mark Scruggs
  • Publication number: 20060049613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a trailer hitch receiver including a cross member, a first mounting flange carried on the cross member between the midpoint and a first end thereof and a second mounting flange carried on the cross member between the midpoint and a second end thereof. The trailer hitch receiver also includes a pair of opposed mounting brackets. Each of the opposed mounting brackets includes a first mounting arrangement or series of apertures that secures the mounting brackets to the cross member in a first position and a second mounting arrangement or second set of mounting apertures for securing the mounting brackets to the main frame member in a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Hanson Marvin L., Richard McCoy, Mark Scruggs
  • Publication number: 20060006626
    Abstract: Receivers are attached to motor vehicles to tow a variety of objects such as trailers. Due to the variety of makes and models of motor vehicles, several different sized receivers are required to fit most motor vehicles. The present receiver, however, provides adjustability in at least three directions. This adjustability means that one receiver can fit many different makes and models of vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventor: Mark Scruggs