Patents by Inventor Max M. Smoot

Max M. Smoot 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: 20150321685
    Abstract: A two wheel tilt steering wheelbarrow has two handles attached to a tray, two skid legs, and two wheels. A front steering apparatus is adapted so that raising and lowering one handle relative to the other causes the wheels to turn left and right. Transfer of this tilting motion to wheel steering is accomplished through the use of a vertical yoke mounted on the handles and attached to a steering rocker bar via a steering hinge adapted so that the yoke can rotate, relative to the steering rocker bar, about the steering hinge. Two tie-rod plates attach the yoke to two tie-rod support members, which are themselves attached to two tie-rods. The tie-rods are also linked to the wheel axles via axle attachments such that rotating the yolk about the steering hinge pushes and pulls on the tie-rods and causes the wheels to turn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventor: Max M. Smoot
  • Patent number: 8585073
    Abstract: Disclosed is a self-locking hitch pin for joining a hitch device to a receiver hitch in a quick and easy manner using a single, self-contained mechanism. The hitch pin is comprised of shaft with a locking member on one end and a handle and weight on the other end and a spring and retainers to keep the hitch pin in place. The self-locking hitch pin allows for single-handed installation and securing of a hitch device to a receiver hitch with no pin or locking mechanism to be lost or dropped. The self-locking hitch pin can be inserted into the hitch orifice, have pressure applied to the spring, rotate the hitch pin allowing gravity to engage the locking member and then release pressure on the spring coupling both devices together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Inventor: Max M. Smoot
  • Publication number: 20120256393
    Abstract: Disclosed is a self-locking hitch pin for joining a hitch device to a receiver hitch in a quick and easy manner using a single, self-contained mechanism. The hitch pin is comprised of shaft with a locking member on one end and a handle and weight on the other end and a spring and retainers to keep the hitch pin in place. The self-locking hitch pin allows for single-handed installation and securing of a hitch device to a receiver hitch with no pin or locking mechanism to be lost or dropped. The self-locking hitch pin can be inserted into the hitch orifice, have pressure applied to the spring, rotate the hitch pin allowing gravity to engage the locking member and then release pressure on the spring coupling both devices together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventor: Max M. Smoot
  • Patent number: 8201844
    Abstract: Disclosed is a self-locking hitch pin for joining a hitch device to a receiver hitch in a quick and easy manner using a single, self-contained mechanism. The hitch pin is comprised of shaft with a locking member on one end and a handle and weight on the other end and a spring and retainers to keep the hitch pin in place. The self-locking hitch pin allows for single-handed installation and securing of a hitch device to a receiver hitch with no pin or locking mechanism to be lost or dropped. The self-locking hitch pin can be inserted into the hitch orifice, have pressure applied to the spring, rotate the hitch pin allowing gravity to engage the locking member and then release pressure on the spring coupling both devices together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Inventor: Max M. Smoot