Patents by Inventor Wesley E. Brackett

Wesley E. Brackett 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).

  • Locking trailer tongue extension assembly
    Patent number: 7128331
    Abstract: A trailer tongue extension assembly that includes a tubular trailer tongue, a removable extension, a first electrical connector disposed within the trailer tongue and a second electrical connector disposed within the removable extension. The first and second electrical connectors engage and disengage as the removable extension is installed or removed from the trailer tongue. A tongue pin is inserted either through registered holes in the tongue and the installed extension, or through aligned holes in the trailer tongue. A lock assembly secures the pin in the holes to, respectively, lock the extension on the trailer tongue or prevent the extension from being installed in the trailer tongue. Opposite ends of a lanyard or elastic member are attached to the pin and the trailer tongue, respectively, and resist the removal of the pin from the aligned holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Inventors: Wesley E. Brackett, Robin S. Talbot
  • Locking trailer tongue extension assembly
    Patent number: 6951346
    Abstract: A trailer tongue extension assembly that includes a tubular trailer tongue, a removable extension, a first electrical connector disposed within the trailer tongue and a second electrical connector disposed within the removable extension. The first and second electrical connectors engage and disengage as the removable extension is installed or removed from the trailer tongue. A tongue pin is inserted either through registered holes in the tongue and the installed extension, or through aligned holes in the trailer tongue. A lock assembly secures the pin in the holes to, respectively, lock the extension on the trailer tongue or prevent the extension from being installed in the trailer tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Inventors: Wesley E. Brackett, Robin S. Talbot
  • Boarding ladder and winch mount system for boat trailers and the like
    Patent number: 5896946
    Abstract: An access step and winch mounting assembly is provided for a load carrying device, such as a boat trailer. The assembly includes a front member for mounting on a frame of the trailer, a top member extending from the front member and a cross bar connected to the to member. The top member mounts a winch for drawing a load onto the trailer. The cross bar mounts load engaging members. A step subassembly includes a stringer depending downwardly from the cross bar and multiple rungs with arcuate configurations each extending between the front member and the stringer member. The step subassembly is outwardly and laterally convex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Inventor: Wesley E. Brackett