Anthony T Roberts

US Patent:

D488412, Apr 13, 2004

Filed:

May 15, 2003

Appl. No.:

29/181828

Inventors:

Thomas W. Lindenman - South Bend IN
Richard W. McCoy - Granger IN
Anthony S. Roberts - Granger IN

Assignee:

Cequent Towing Products, Inc. - Plymouth MI

International Classification:

1216

US Classification:

D12161

US Patent:

D499050, Nov 30, 2004

Filed:

Mar 11, 2003

Appl. No.:

29/177465

Inventors:

Thomas W. Lindenman - South Bend IN
Richard W. McCoy - Granger IN
Anthony S. Roberts - Granger IN

Assignee:

Cequent Towing Products, Inc. - Plymouth MI

International Classification:

1216

US Classification:

D12161, D12203

US Patent:

6833879, Dec 21, 2004

Filed:

Aug 25, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/648440

Inventors:

Maria Angel - Irvine CA
Anthony Roberts - Huntington Beach CA
Jeffrey G. Whitelaw - Corona CA

Assignee:

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc. - Irvine CA

International Classification:

H04N 564

US Classification:

348744, 348787, 348789

Abstract:

A system and method that facilitates the transformation of PTVs, when in the âOFFâ mode, into aesthetically pleasing decorative furniture. The PTV preferably includes a primary and a secondary projection system. The secondary projection system preferably comprises a projection unit optically coupled to the screen of the PTV and an auxiliary image source coupled to the projection unit. Preferably, the program logic of the PTV directs the projection of an image from the secondary projection unit onto the screen when the PTV is in the âOFFâ mode.

US Patent:

D500715, Jan 11, 2005

Filed:

May 21, 2003

Appl. No.:

29/182212

Inventors:

Thomas W. Lindenman - South Bend IN, US
Richard W. McCoy - Granger IN, US
Anthony S. Roberts - Granger IN, US

Assignee:

Cequent Towing Products, Inc. - Plymouth MI

International Classification:

1216

US Classification:

D12161

US Patent:

6851695, Feb 8, 2005

Filed:

May 13, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/436509

Inventors:

Thomas W. Lindenman - South Bend IN, US
Richard W. McCoy - Granger IN, US
Anthony S. Roberts - Granger IN, US
Kelly W. Walterhouse - Elkhart IN, US

Assignee:

Cequent Towing Products, Inc. - Plymouth MI

International Classification:

B62D053/08

US Classification:

280441, 2804411, 280901, 2482319, 410121

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a base rail kit for a motor vehicle. The base rail kit includes a base rail including first and second mounting flanges, a first bracket including a first base rail support platform and a first mounting lug, a second bracket including a second base rail support platform and a second mounting lug, first and second spacers and first and second fasteners.

US Patent:

7121573, Oct 17, 2006

Filed:

Aug 13, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/917826

Inventors:

Thomas W. Lindenman - South Bend IN, US
Richard W. McCoy - Granger IN, US
Anthony S. Roberts - Granger IN, US

Assignee:

Cequent Towing Products, Inc. - Plymouth MI

International Classification:

B60J 3/00

US Classification:

280433, 2804381

Abstract:

Vehicle accessory mounting systems are limited in the accessories mountable thereto and interfere with the use of the bed. The present invention, however, is a vehicle accessory mounting system that comprises a frame assembly having an opening and a locking cavity being in communication with the opening, and at least one accessory mounting member capable of being removably mounted within the opening to removably mount an accessory to a vehicle. The accessory mounting member comprises a body, a locking element aperture within the body, and a locking element held within the aperture, the locking element being moveable between a retracted, unlocked position wherein the locking element does not engage the locking cavity and an extended, unlocked position wherein the locking element engages the locking cavity to prevent removal of the mounting member from within the opening.

US Patent:

7264259, Sep 4, 2007

Filed:

Jun 19, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/465773

Inventors:

Thomas W. Lindenman - South Bend IN, US
Anthony S. Roberts - Granger IN, US
Richard W. McCoy - Granger IN, US

Assignee:

Cequent Towing Products, Inc. - Plymouth MI

International Classification:

B62D 53/08

US Classification:

2804381

Abstract:

A fifth wheel hitch assembly includes a mounting assembly, an arched base assembly, a head assembly and a jaw assembly carried by the head assembly. The jaw assembly includes a stepped jaw body. The head assembly includes a single piece, weldless and seamless skid plate. The base assembly is modular and includes a pair of legs and a central housing. The base assembly includes feet that are received in cooperating sockets carried by the mounting assembly. The feet may be locked in those sockets.

US Patent:

7556278, Jul 7, 2009

Filed:

May 19, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/557510

Inventors:

Anthony S. Roberts - Granger IN, US
Richard W. McCoy - Granger IN, US
Thomas W. Lindenman - South Bend IN, US

Assignee:

Cequent Towing Products, Inc. - Plymouth MI

International Classification:

B62D 53/06

US Classification:

280433

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a fifth wheel hitch assembly for mounting on a towing vehicle and receiving a king pin of a trailer. The fifth wheel hitch assembly includes a base assembly, a head assembly carried on the base assembly and a jaw assembly carried on the head assembly. The jaw assembly includes a jaw body displaceable between an open position and a closed position and a control handle connected to the jaw body. The fifth wheel hitch assembly also includes a lock for locking the jaw body in the closed position and a king pin indicator. The king pin indicator is displaceable between a home position in which the king pin indicator prevents engagement of the lock and a king pin sensing position which the lock may be engaged to lock the jaw body in the closed position.