Patents by Inventor Wess Brown

Wess Brown 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: 7290782
    Abstract: A trailer dolly comprising a horizontal base plate, a first pair of wheels which are fixed from rotation about a vertical axis, a second pair of wheels being rotatable around a vertical axis, and a trailer ball. The trailer dolly facilitates the loading of a trailer onto a tilt bed tow truck, including: a disabled trailer, such as a trailer with a broken or damaged axle, frozen wheel bearings, or collision damage to a wheel, axle or components thereof: and a trailer which is not fitted with a trailer jack having an attached dolly wheel. The trailer hitch ball of the trailer dolly is connected to a receiver of the trailer tongue, providing support, stability, and steerability, and allowing the trailer to be winched onto a tilt bed tow truck without damage to the trailer tongue, a trailer jack, and/or associated mechanism and wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Inventor: Wess A. Brown
  • Publication number: 20060170193
    Abstract: A trailer dolly comprising a horizontal base plate, a first pair of casters which are fixed from rotation about a vertical axis, a second pair of casters being rotatable around a vertical axis, and a trailer ball. The trailer dolly facilitates the loading of a trailer onto a tilt bed tow truck, including: a disabled trailer, such as a trailer with a broken or damaged axle, frozen wheel bearings, or collision damage to a wheel, axle or components thereof and a trailer which is not fitted with a trailer jack having an attached dolly wheel. The trailer hitch ball of the trailer dolly is connected to a receiver of the trailer tongue, providing support, stability, and steerability, and allowing the trailer to be winched onto a tilt bed tow truck without damage to the trailer tongue, a trailer jack, and/or associated mechanism and wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventor: Wess Brown