Patents by Inventor Terry Nehring

Terry Nehring 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: 11511379
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a storage system for use with weight distribution trailer hitches are disclosed. The storage system would be used by someone with a towing vehicle, a boat or RV, and a trailer hitch to link these two. During the times these items are not in-motion, these weight distribution hitches have large parts and take up a lot of space. Such a customer can put their extra hitch-parts in the storage system, which keeps the weight distribution system nicely stored for example on the trailers beams AKA the trailer's A-frame rails or frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TRN Industries
    Inventors: Terry Nehring, Daniel Nehring, Tyler Ernst, Jennifer Ernst
  • Publication number: 20220281043
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a storage system for use with weight distribution trailer hitches are disclosed. The storage system would be used by someone with a towing vehicle, a boat or RV, and a trailer hitch to link these two. During the times these items are not in-motion, these weight distribution hitches have large parts and take up a lot of space. Such a customer can put their extra hitch-parts in the storage system, which keeps the weight distribution system nicely stored for example on the trailers beams AKA the trailer's A-frame rails or frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: TRN Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Terry Nehring, Daniel Nehring, Tyler Ernst, Jennifer Ernst
  • Patent number: 11413715
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a storage system for use with weight distribution trailer hitches are disclosed. The storage system would be used by someone with a towing vehicle, a boat or RV, and a trailer hitch to link these two. During the times these items are not in-motion, these weight distribution hitches have large parts and take up a lot of space. Such a customer can put their extra hitch-parts in the storage system, which keeps the weight distribution system nicely stored for example on the trailers beams AKA the trailer's A-frame rails or frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TRN Industries
    Inventors: Terry Nehring, Daniel Nehring, Tyler Ernst, Jennifer Ernst
  • Publication number: 20220088728
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a storage system for use with weight distribution trailer hitches are disclosed. The storage system would be used by someone with a towing vehicle, a boat or RV, and a trailer hitch to link these two. During the times these items are not in-motion, these weight distribution hitches have large parts and take up a lot of space. Such a customer can put their extra hitch-parts in the storage system, which keeps the weight distribution system nicely stored for example on the trailers beams AKA the trailer's A-frame rails or frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: TRN Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Terry Nehring, Daniel Nehring, Tyler Ernst, Jennifer Ernst
  • Patent number: 10300751
    Abstract: A vehicle mounted storage device for the ball mount and spring/torsion bar component of a trailer weight distribution system when the equipment is not in use. The storage device is comprised of a horizontal channel where the spring bars can be inserted, a vertical channel, where the ball mount can be inserted, and a horizontal tongue separating the two channels. When the spring bars are inserted into the horizontal channel with the heads of the spring bars resting on the tongue area and the ball mount is inserted into the vertical channel with the hitch ball directly above the spring bar heads, the spring bars are securely confined to the device. Once a locking device has been affixed to the ball mount, the device deters theft of the spring bars and ball mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Terry Nehring
  • Patent number: 10005332
    Abstract: A vehicle mounted storage device for the ball mount and spring/torsion bar component of a trailer weight distribution system when the equipment is not in use. The storage device is comprised of a horizontal channel where the spring bars can be inserted, a vertical channel, where the ball mount can be inserted, and a horizontal tongue separating the two channels. When the spring bars are inserted into the horizontal channel with the heads of the spring bars resting on the tongue area and the ball mount is inserted into the vertical channel with the hitch ball directly above the spring bar heads, the spring bars are securely confined to the device. Once a locking device has been affixed to the ball mount, the device deters theft of the spring bars and ball mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Inventor: Terry Nehring
  • Publication number: 20170158008
    Abstract: A vehicle mounted storage device for the ball mount and spring/torsion bar component of a trailer weight distribution system when the equipment is not in use. The storage device is comprised of a horizontal channel where the spring bars can be inserted, a vertical channel, where the ball mount can be inserted, and a horizontal tongue separating the two channels. When the spring bars are inserted into the horizontal channel with the heads of the spring bars resting on the tongue area and the ball mount is inserted into the vertical channel with the hitch ball directly above the spring bar heads, the spring bars are securely confined to the device. Once a locking device has been affixed to the ball mount, the device deters theft of the spring bars and ball mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Terry Nehring
  • Publication number: 20170158006
    Abstract: A vehicle mounted storage device for the ball mount and spring/torsion bar component of a trailer weight distribution system when the equipment is not in use. The storage device is comprised of a horizontal channel where the spring bars can be inserted, a vertical channel, where the ball mount can be inserted, and a horizontal tongue separating the two channels. When the spring bars are inserted into the horizontal channel with the heads of the spring bars resting on the tongue area and the ball mount is inserted into the vertical channel with the hitch ball directly above the spring bar heads, the spring bars are securely confined to the device. Once a locking device has been affixed to the ball mount, the device deters theft of the spring bars and ball mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Terry Nehring
  • Patent number: D998511
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TRN Industries
    Inventors: Terry Nehring, Daniel Nehring, Tyler Ernst, Jennifer Ernst