Patents by Inventor Richard N. Beavington

Richard N. Beavington 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).

  • Device for guiding the coupling of a trailer hitch
    Patent number: 6279940
    Abstract: A trailer hitch coupling device includes an elongate rigid member mountable at a first end thereof to a forward end of a trailer so as to dispose, when the first end is mounted to the forward end of the trailer, a distal end of the rigid member forwardly of the forward end of the trailer into proximity to an appliqué when the appliqué is mounted to a rear surface of a towing vehicle. The appliqué is mounted so as to: (a) be viewable by a driver of the vehicle when the vehicle is translated rearwardly; and, (b) vertically align a hitch hood on the trailer with a hitch ball on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Inventor: Richard N. Beavington