Patents by Inventor Wayne V. Branting

Wayne V. Branting 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: 6439639
    Abstract: A trailer hitch enclosure device for providing an opening for a trailer hitch while covering a truck bed. The trailer hitch enclosure device includes a base support including a first elongate member and a second elongate member attached together. The first elongate member is positioned on top edges of and extending between side walls of the truck bed and the second elongate member abuts a top edge of a back wall of the truck bed. Four panels are hingedly coupled to the base support, such that a back pair is coupled to the second elongate member and a second pair is coupled to the first elongate member. The panels have a size adapted for collectively covering the truck bed. The panels attached to the first elongate member have a slot therein facing each other and defining an opening for receiving the hitch of a fifth wheel trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Inventor: Wayne V. Branting