Patents by Inventor Stephen Patrick Caffey

Stephen Patrick Caffey 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: 6099008
    Abstract: A bicycle trailer hitch for joining a trailer, having a trailer tongue, to a bicycle, having a bicycle frame and a rear wheel, including a rear-wheel axle having an axis-of-rotation therethrough, mounted on a rear wheel mounting structure of the bicycle frame, includes a hitch mount secured to the rear axle of the bicycle, including a frame-contacting member mounted on the bicycle frame; and a hitch mount body rotatably mounted on said frame-contacting member; a hitch-mount retainer mechanism for securing said hitch mount to the bicycle frame; and a hitch connector fixed to the trailer tongue and removably receivable on said hitch mount body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Burley Design Cooperative
    Inventor: Stephen Patrick Caffey