Patents by Inventor Richard G. Steele

Richard G. Steele 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).

  • Patent number: 11731472
    Abstract: A quick hitch attachment device for coupling the attachment element of a truck bed type system to a quick hitch. The attachment device includes a mounting member tube, a ball hitch assembly and two or more coupling members adapted to mount a mounting member to the quick hitch. The ball hitch assembly includes a stem configured to be slidably received in the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: HIGH BALL HITCH, LLC
    Inventor: Richard G. Steele, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20220363098
    Abstract: A quick hitch attachment device for coupling the attachment element of a truck bed type system to a quick hitch. The attachment device includes a mounting member tube, a ball hitch assembly and two or more coupling members adapted to mount a mounting member to the quick hitch. The ball hitch assembly includes a stem configured to be slidably received in the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventor: Richard G. Steele, JR.
  • Patent number: 11427046
    Abstract: A quick hitch attachment device for coupling the attachment element of a truck bed type system to a quick hitch. The attachment device includes a mounting member tube, a ball hitch assembly and two or more coupling members adapted to mount a mounting member to the quick hitch. The ball hitch assembly includes a stem configured to be slidably received in the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HIGH BALL HITCH, LLC
    Inventor: Richard G. Steele, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20190275851
    Abstract: A quick hitch attachment device for coupling the attachment element of a truck bed type system to a quick hitch. The attachment device includes a mounting member tube, a ball hitch assembly and two or more coupling members adapted to mount a mounting member to the quick hitch. The ball hitch assembly includes a stem configured to be slidably received in the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Richard G. Steele, JR.
  • Patent number: 5816910
    Abstract: A portable apparatus for soothing infants to enable them to fall asleep utilizes a portable housing having a cylindrically-shaped intake and exhaust opening coupled by a hollow cylindrical tube into which is located a miniature motor disposed proximate the intake opening with fan blades affixed on the rotating motor shaft that provides an air flow over a plurality of flexible members disposed proximate the exhaust opening. A control arrangement, coupled to a battery power source, is disposed within the housing for controlling the amount of forced air flowing out of the exhaust opening so that the tone or the sounds emanating from the apparatus can be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Inventors: Richard G. Steele, Margaret C. Steele