Patents by Inventor Robert L. Broad

Robert L. Broad 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: 5451088
    Abstract: The present invention makes beneficial use of a vehicle's single point box receiver hitch by transferring an underlying frame mount of the box receiver both outward and adjustably upward simultaneously for load transfer at to a load-supporting cross beam in order to provide a two-axis, cantilevered extension for a pickup truck. The extension apparatus when viewed from above is T-shaped and includes two pieces constructed from box iron. One piece is a longitudinal-running box beam welded at an upward cantilever angle to a short stub section. The second piece is T-shaped when viewed from above and it includes a single adjustment telescoping transition beam which serves as the transition from the longitudinal box beam to the load-supporting cross beam that is transversely oriented relative to the longitudinal beam. A second stub is rigidly connected to the cross beam and it is adjustable by being telescoped over the first angled stub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Inventor: Robert L. Broad