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Inventor:
Williams, Jr.; Thomas M.
Address:
Durham, NC
No. of patents:
16
Patents:




Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7614636 Lock assembly for the tongue of a steerable trailer November 10, 2009
A lock assembly for selectively latching the pivoting tongue of a steerable trailed vehicle includes an actuator assembly on the vehicle connected by a cable to latch bolt for spring biasing in discrete positions into aligned apertures for enabling and preventing tongue pivoting.
7584984 Telescoping and swiveling hitch assembly September 8, 2009
A hitch assembly for connecting a towed vehicle to a towing vehicle include a housing mounted on the towing tongue of the towed vehicle having a tow bar mounted in an internal cavity having a restricted throat. Tow bar can be extended and pivoted to position a hitching eyelet on a va
7552938 Quick release telescoping and swiveling hitch assembly June 30, 2009
A quick release assembly for remotely actuating operative disconnection between vehicles by decoupling a hitch assembly having a telescopic and swiveling probe assembly carried in a housing assembly and mounted on the towed vehicle. In one embodiment, the release assembly includes an
7293791 Telescoping and swiveling hitch assembly November 13, 2007
A hitch assembly for connecting a towed vehicle to a towing vehicle include a housing mounted on the towing tongue of the towed vehicle having a tow bar mounted in an internal cavity having a restricted throat. Tow bar can be extended and pivoted to position a hitching eyelet on a va
7195268 Pivoting hitch mount assembly March 27, 2007
A pivoting hitch mount assembly for interconnecting a towed vehicle with towing vehicles having hitch positions at varying elevations includes a pivot arm assembly having a hitching component for coupling with a the hitch position with the towing vehicle that is selectively connected to
6896283 Aircraft tug hitch assembly May 24, 2005
An aircraft tug hitch assembly includes deflectable guide plates providing a converging pocket for mechanically positioning a tow bar eyelet with the hitch lock pin. The hitch includes a lock assembly including a lock pin is mounted on a slidable piston for operator controlled movement b
5690348 Heavy duty sliding jack post stand for trailers November 25, 1997
A sliding jack post stand for a trailer is capable of movement in either of two directions by application of downward force on a lever by an operator standing on one side of a trailer to be moved. A low friction plate is mounted above and spaced from a ground plate on an intermediate spa
5609506 Outboard boat motor transport stabilizer March 11, 1997
The invention provides a device for stabilizing an outboard motor during transport in two embodiments. A first preferred embodiment includes a rigid block which is pivotally mounted from a bracket so as to be adjacent to a yoke which connects between the push rod end of a steering cable
5340143 Slidable support for heavily loaded trailer jack post August 23, 1994
The present invention provides a slidable support assembly which is affixed to an extensible jack leg of a typically heavily loaded commercial trailer and is used to support the front end of the trailer when not connected to a towing truck. The support assembly is able to slide laterally
5195769 Sliding jack support March 23, 1993
A device for supporting and shifting the jack post of a trailer tongue mounted jack comprises a jack post receiving socket mounted on an upper member which slides on a low friction surface located between the upper member and a ground engaging base member, the upper member being temp
5009445 Trailer hitch cable puller April 23, 1991
The invention apparatus provides a winching mechanism which is detachably secured to the forward end of the tongue of a trailer. In a first embodiment, a slip nut on a crank operated vertical threaded drive shaft is attached to one end of a cable the opposite end of which is fitted with
5009444 Slideable jack stand April 23, 1991
A trailer hitch device comprises a jack shaft receiving socket mounted on a ground engaging support and slideable on a very low friction surface thus enabling the jack shaft to be shifted to perfect alignment of the components of a trailer hitch.
4759564 Adjustable leveling device for automatic trailer hitch July 26, 1988
An automatic trailer hitch assembly mounts a shank unit on the trailer and a receiving unit on the towing vehicle. The shank unit provides an elongated shank member which mounts the trailer ball at one end coupled to a conventional trailer hitch ball socket housing secured to the trailer
4613149 Self-coupling trailer hitch September 23, 1986
An automatic trailer hitch assembly mounts a shank unit on the trailer and a receiving unit on the towing vehicle. The shank unit provides an elongated shank member which mounts a trailer ball at one end coupled to a conventional trailer hitch ball socket housing secured to the trailer a
4606549 Automatic trailer hitch August 19, 1986
An automatic trailer hitch assembly mounts a shank unit on the trailer and a receiving unit on the towing vehicle. The shank unit provides an elongated shank member which mounts a trailer ball at one end coupled to a conventional trailer hitch ball socket housing secured to the trailer a
4560184 Trailer hitch December 24, 1985
An automatic trailer hitch assembly mounts a shank unit on the trailer and a receiving unit on the towing vehicle. The shank unit provides an elongated shank member which mounts a trailer ball at one end coupled to a conventional trailer hitch ball socket housing secured to the trailer a


 
 
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