ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,391, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Progress Mfg. Inc. (Provo, Utah).
"System and method for attaching a trailer to a tow vehicle" was invented by Jed K. Anderson (Lindon, Utah), Jason R. Harper (Springville, Utah) and David F. Lundgreen (Spanish Fork, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trailer hitch system for attaching a trailer to a tow vehicle, is disclosed having a shank attachable a trailer, the shank having a nose at a terminal end of the shank and a mid-shank extending in a substantially horizontal direction immediately adjacent to the nose, the nose and mid-shank being configured to be received in a receiver attacha...