Patents by Inventor Steven David Melesko

Steven David Melesko 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).

  • Self-centering trailer hitch
    Patent number: 6428030
    Abstract: A self-centering trailer hitch includes first and second telescopic arms, each of the telescopic arms having first and second opposite ends. The first ends of the telescopic arms are pivotally mounted to a hitch hood coupler for coupling the first ends of the telescopic arms releasably to the hood of a trailer hitch. The second ends of the telescopic arms are adapted to be pivotally mounted to a rear end of a towing vehicle, mountable to the vehicle forward relative to a hitch ball mounted to the vehicle. The second ends of the telescopic arms when mounted to the rear end of the vehicle are disposed on laterally opposite sides of the hitch ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Inventors: Steven David Melesko, Charles Allen Winslow
  • Self centering trailer hitch
    Publication number: 20010033068
    Abstract: A self-centering trailer hitch includes first and second telescopic arms, each of the telescopic arms having first and second opposite ends. The first ends of the telescopic arms are pivotally mounted to a hitch hood coupler for coupling the first ends of the telescopic arms releasably to the hood of a trailer hitch. The second ends of the telescopic arms are adapted to be pivotally mounted to a rear end of a towing vehicle, mountable to the vehicle forward relative to a hitch ball mounted to the vehicle. The second ends of the telescopic arms when mounted to the rear end of the vehicle are disposed on laterally opposite sides of the hitch ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Steven David Melesko, Charles Allen Winslow