Patents by Inventor Richard Saxwold

Richard Saxwold 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: 20060016954
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for assisting the operator maneuvering a towing vehicle backward to align a first trailer hitch components on the rear of the towing vehicle and on the forward portion of a trailer by directing a field of view comprising an image of the trailer hitch components to the line of sight of an observer sitting in the driver's seat of the towing vehicle. Visual aid devices of the present invention include a mirror, a magnet for removably attaching visual aid device to a selectable location on either the towing vehicle or the trailer, and a support for adjustably affixing the mirror to the magnet. Mirror is movably positionable, in relationship to the magnet, within a fixed range of position options and the angle of the mirror axis in relationship to the magnet axis is adjustable within a fixed range of angle options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2004
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventor: Richard Saxwold