Patents by Inventor Todd Krzanowski

Todd Krzanowski 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: 9616720
    Abstract: A channel mount coupler is shown and described. The channel mount may include a body, a socket extending from the body and configured to accept a hitch ball, and a channel mount extending from the body. The channel mount may include a first flange, the first flange including at least one aperture and at least one recess generally circumscribing the aperture, the recess being generally acircular, and a second flange spaced from the first flange. The channel mount may also include an engagement member engaged with the recess, and a fastener engageable with the engagement member and the at least one aperture, where engagement of the engagement member and recess prevents rotation of the engagement member during engagement of the fastener with the engagement member, whereby the first and second flanges are engageable with a towed vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Cequent Performance Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Drake, Eric Anderson, Kevin Rabska, Kawa-She-Quoen Okerlund, Todd Krzanowski
  • Publication number: 20150328945
    Abstract: A channel mount coupler is shown and described. The channel mount may include a body, a socket extending from the body and configured to accept a hitch ball, and a channel mount extending from the body. The channel mount may include a first flange, the first flange including at least one aperture and at least one recess generally circumscribing the aperture, the recess being generally acircular, and a second flange spaced from the first flange. The channel mount may also include an engagement member engaged with the recess, and a fastener engageable with the engagement member and the at least one aperture, where engagement of the engagement member and recess prevents rotation of the engagement member during engagement of the fastener with the engagement member, whereby the first and second flanges are engageable with a towed vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Frank Drake, Eric Anderson, Kevin Rabska, Kawa-She-Quoen Okerlund, Todd Krzanowski
  • Patent number: 7806240
    Abstract: A surge brake actuator having a coupler housing telescopically engagable with an actuator housing is provided. The surge brake actuator incorporates an improved reverse lockout assembly that prevents movement of the coupler housing with respect to the actuator housing during reverse movement of a towing vehicle. The reverse lockout assembly is capable of moving to an operating position upon forward movement of the towing vehicle. A breakaway cam effectuates actuation of a braking system of a towed vehicle if the towing vehicle breaks away from the towed vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Cequent Trailer Products Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Walstrom, Eric Anderson, Todd Krzanowski, Matt Block, Kawa-She-Quoen Okerlund
  • Publication number: 20090050419
    Abstract: A surge brake actuator having a coupler housing telescopically engagable with an actuator housing is provided. The surge brake actuator incorporates an improved reverse lockout assembly that prevents movement of the coupler housing with respect to the actuator housing during reverse movement of a towing vehicle. The reverse lockout assembly is capable of moving to an operating position upon forward movement of the towing vehicle. A breakaway cam effectuates actuation of a braking system of a towed vehicle if the towing vehicle breaks away from the towed vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Todd Walstrom, Eric Anderson, Todd Krzanowski, Matt Block, Kawa-She-Quoen Okerlund
  • Patent number: 6810820
    Abstract: A workstation table includes at least two horizontally oriented spaced worksurface struts which allow a work platform to be placed atop the worksurface struts to extend between them. Leg struts having adjustable length extend downwardly from the workstation struts, and a crank link extending between the leg struts can be rotated to adjust the length of both of the leg struts simultaneously. Base struts extend from the ends of the leg struts opposite the worksurface struts to better support the base struts. Stabilizer struts, which also preferably have adjustable length, extend between the opposing base struts and/or between the opposing leg struts to help maintain them in spaced relation. The various struts are made of tubing and are affixed together with strut clamps formed of clamp shells, with each clamp shell being shaped to complementarily fit about portions of adjoining struts in such a manner that the clamp shells may be affixed about the adjoining portions to attach them together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Fulton Performance Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kawa-She-Quoen Wm. Okerlund, Allan S. Malluege, Todd Krzanowski, Pat Heidmann
  • Patent number: 6139235
    Abstract: A lock-down assembly for securing a vehicle to a platform to prevent unauthorized removal such as an all-terrain vehicle to the deck of a trailer. The lock-down assembly includes a retractable bracket secured to the platform and a locking device securing the vehicle to the bracket. The locking device is an extendable bar having U-shaped members at both ends to engage the vehicle and bracket. The retractable bracket includes a base plate fastened to the platform and a selectively extendable U-bolt mounted to the base plate. The U-bolt is fastened to the base plate with a cylindrical bracket which prevents access to the fastening nuts of the U-bolt when the U-bolt is extended for connection to the vehicle. Accordingly, with the vehicle lockingly secured to the bracket, the bracket cannot be removed from the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Fulton Performance Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Vander Koy, Todd Krzanowski