US Patent Issued to Danko Manufacturing on March 11 for "Wiring socket adapter with tow zone illumination" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,641, issued on March 11, was assigned to Danko Manufacturing LLC (Castle Rock, Colo.).

"Wiring socket adapter with tow zone illumination" was invented by Jerad M. Burkhart (Castle Rock, Colo.) and Daniel L. Decker Jr. (Castle Rock, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiring socket adapter is described that is configured to provide tow zone illumination. In embodiments the adapter includes a housing, a plug at a first end of the housing configured to be attached to a trailer wiring socket of a vehicle, and a socket at a second end of the housing configured to be attached to a trailer wiring plug. A lamp is at the second end of the...