Patents by Inventor Richard L. Fullhart

Richard L. Fullhart 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: 5193837
    Abstract: A universally adjustable trailer hitch for attaching to the frames of vehicles of different widths comprising a horizontally disposed tube member with a hitching device centrally attached thereto, the tube member is selectively clamped on each side of the hitching device by a clamping member to a support member to adjustably fix the position of each of the support members with respect to the tube member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: Trimas Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond W. Fink, Wayne E. Sousley, Richard L. Fullhart
  • Patent number: 5190195
    Abstract: A bicycle rack adapted to be detachably mounted to a passenger vehicle via a standard trailer hitch with the bicycle rack having a vertical support pivotally connected at one end to a base assembly with an upper crossbar assembly pivotally connected to the other end via a removable and reversible crossbar bracket on which a clamp arm is removably mounted. A pull pin releasably locks the vertical tube in an upright position to the base assembly and another pull pin locks the upper crossbar assembly in a horizontal position to the vertical support. Spacers may be removably inserted in downwardly depending flanges of the base assembly to mount it to a relatively narrow trailer hitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: Reese Products
    Inventors: Richard L. Fullhart, Steven L. Garatoni, David J. Troyer, Philip K. Hoopes, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5102156
    Abstract: A universally adjustable trailer hitch for attaching to the frames of vehicles of different widths comprising a horizontally disposed tube member with a hitching device centrally attached thereto, the tube member is selectively clamped on each side of the hitching device by a clamping member to a support member to adjustably fix the position of each of the support members with respect to the tube member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: TriMas Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond W. Fink, Wayne E. Sousley, Richard L. Fullhart