Patents by Inventor Thomas DePietro

Thomas DePietro 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).

  • HITCH BALL MOUNT AND METHOD OF FORMING THE HITCH BALL MOUNT
    Publication number: 20190054783
    Abstract: A hitch ball mount is shown and described. The hitch ball mount may include a generally tubular body having first and second end portions, the first end portion engageable with a hitch receiver of a towing vehicle, and a drop portion monolithic with the tubular body and formed between the first and second end portions of the tubular member. The hitch ball mount may further include a hitch ball mounting portion monolithic with the drop portion and tubular body, the hitch ball mounting portion formed at the second end portion of the tubular member and extending from the drop portion, where a hitch ball is selectively attachable to the hitch ball mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Francis Bernart, Thomas DePietro
  • Hitch ball mount and method of forming the hitch ball mount
    Patent number: 10106001
    Abstract: A hitch ball mount is shown and described. The hitch ball mount may include a generally tubular body having first and second end portions, the first end portion engageable with a hitch receiver of a towing vehicle, and a drop portion monolithic with the tubular body and formed between the first and second end portions of the tubular member. The hitch ball mount may further include a hitch ball mounting portion monolithic with the drop portion and tubular body, the hitch ball mounting portion formed at the second end portion of the tubular member and extending from the drop portion, where a hitch ball is selectively attachable to the hitch ball mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.
    Inventors: Francis Bernart, Thomas DePietro
  • HITCH BALL MOUNT AND METHOD OF FORMING THE HITCH BALL MOUNT
    Publication number: 20160297264
    Abstract: A hitch ball mount is shown and described. The hitch ball mount may include a generally tubular body having first and second end portions, the first end portion engageable with a hitch receiver of a towing vehicle, and a drop portion monolithic with the tubular body and formed between the first and second end portions of the tubular member. The hitch ball mount may further include a hitch ball mounting portion monolithic with the drop portion and tubular body, the hitch ball mounting portion formed at the second end portion of the tubular member and extending from the drop portion, where a hitch ball is selectively attachable to the hitch ball mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Francis Bernart, Thomas DePietro
  • Hitch ball mount and method of forming the hitch ball mount
    Patent number: 9308789
    Abstract: A hitch ball mount is shown and described. The hitch ball mount may include a generally tubular body having first and second end portions, the first end portion engageable with a hitch receiver of a towing vehicle, and a drop portion monolithic with the tubular body and formed between the first and second end portions of the tubular member. The hitch ball mount may further include a hitch ball mounting portion monolithic with the drop portion and tubular body, the hitch ball mounting portion formed at the second end portion of the tubular member and extending from the drop portion, where a hitch ball is selectively attachable to the hitch ball mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Cequent Consumer Products
    Inventors: Francis Bernart, Thomas DePietro
  • Hitch ball mount
    Patent number: D714194
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Cequent Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas DePietro, Francis Bernart
  • Hitch ball mount
    Patent number: D738796
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Cequent Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas DePietro, Francis Bernart
  • Implement handle connector
    Patent number: D752305
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Cequent Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas DePietro
  • Hitch ball mount
    Patent number: D778211
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Cequent Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas DePietro, Francis Bernart
  • Implement handle
    Patent number: D782894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Cequent Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas DePietro, Joshua James Krohn, Mark Timothy Horton, Francis Bernart
  • Hitch ball mount
    Patent number: D797012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Horizon Global Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas DePietro, Francis Bernart
  • Implement handle connector bracket
    Patent number: D801791
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.
    Inventor: Thomas DePietro
  • Hitch ball mount
    Patent number: D867228
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.
    Inventors: Thomas DePietro, Francis Bernart