Patents by Inventor Todd A. Trowbridge

Todd A. Trowbridge 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: 7410184
    Abstract: A trailer coupler pivot assembly comprising a pivot mount member connected to a trailer frame member and a hinge bracket connected to a trailer tongue arm. The hinge bracket is pivotally connected to the pivot mount member so that the trailer tongue arm is pivotal relative to the trailer frame member between an open position and a closed position. However, either of the pivot mount member or the hinge bracket comprises a single, prefabricated component to make assembly more efficient and cost effective. With both the pivot mount member and the hinge bracket being single, prefabricate components, the trailer coupler pivot assembly can be more easily installed with fewer components and welds and by less skilled labor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Cequent Trailer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Roll, Todd R. Walstrom, Todd A. Trowbridge
  • Patent number: 6869095
    Abstract: A trailer coupler pivot assembly comprising a pivot mount member connected to a trailer frame member and a hinge bracket connected to a trailer tongue arm. The hinge bracket is pivotally connected to the pivot mount member so that the trailer tongue arm is pivotal relative to the trailer frame member between an open position and a closed position. However, either of the pivot mount member or the hinge bracket comprises a single, prefabricated component to make assembly more efficient and cost effective. With both the pivot mount member and the hinge bracket being single, prefabricate components, the trailer coupler pivot assembly can be more easily installed with fewer components and welds and by less skilled labor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Cequent Trailer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Roll, Todd R. Walstrom, Todd A. Trowbridge
  • Publication number: 20040135345
    Abstract: A trailer coupler pivot assembly comprising a pivot mount member connected to a trailer frame member and a hinge bracket connected to a trailer tongue arm. The hinge bracket is pivotally connected to the pivot mount member so that the trailer tongue arm is pivotal relative to the trailer frame member between an open position and a closed position. However, either of the pivot mount member or the hinge bracket comprises a single, prefabricated component to make assembly more efficient and cost effective. With both the pivot mount member and the hinge bracket being single, prefabricate components, the trailer coupler pivot assembly can be more easily installed with fewer components and welds and by less skilled labor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Michael J. Roll, Todd R. Walstrom, Todd A. Trowbridge
  • Publication number: 20020053581
    Abstract: A bicycle carrier which is detachably mounted to a roof rack of a motor vehicle. The carrier includes clamping assemblies which receive the cross members of the roof rack. The clamps include manipulable nuts for adjusting the clamping force with the cross members. The clamp assemblies are attached to cross bars which support wheel trays that nestingly receive the rear wheel of the bicycle and provide stability to the bike. A fork clamp is positioned at one end of the tray for lockingly receiving the front fork of the bicycle. The front wheel is stored in a rack mounted to the carrier frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Joseph J. Peschmann, Christopher M. Morris, Todd A. Trowbridge, Gregg Bednorski
  • Patent number: D554029
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Cequent Trailer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Roll, Todd R. Walstrom, Todd A. Trowbridge
  • Patent number: D430533
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Fulton Performance Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph J. Peschmann, Todd A. Trowbridge