Patents by Inventor William G. Blacklaw

William G. Blacklaw 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: 5211416
    Abstract: An adaptor allows a trailer coupling designed to be used with an annular eye-type trailer drawbar to be quickly and easily changed into a standard ball-type coupling. The adaptor includes a crossbar that mates with the arcuate surface located at the inside bottom portion of the pintle. The adaptor includes parallel side-by-side vertical mounting plates that fit over the pintle and have aligned holes extending through them. A bore is placed in the body of the trailer coupling coaxially with the holes in the mounting plates when the adaptor is mounted on the coupling. A pin is inserted through the aligned mounting holes and bore, securing the coupling to the adaptor. The existing latch on the trailer coupling will engage the top of the pintle and prevent the unintended or accidental uncoupling of the adaptor from the coupling. The adaptor may easily be removed and the coupling returned to its former configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Inventor: William G. Blacklaw