Railways – Suspended
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-12
2011-04-12
Le, Mark T (Department: 3617)
Railways
Suspended
C104S124000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07921782
ABSTRACT:
An individual transportation system (10) includes a track system (12), including a primary track section (14), a switching track section (16) and loading/unloading section (18). The transportation system (10) additionally includes a plurality of carriages (20) supported by the track system (12), and a plurality of underslung passenger vehicles (22) each matably engageable with one of the carriages, and adapted to hold at least one passenger therein. The transportation system (10) further includes a storage facility (24) for storing the vehicles (22) when they are disengaged from the carriage, whereby a carriage and vehicle combination traveling on the primary track can be switched between primary track section (14) via an associated switching track section (16), and can be switched to the loading/unloading track (18), wherein the vehicle may be disengaged from carriage (20) and stored in the storage facility (24).
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Gaegauf Benedikt J.
Keller Frederick P.
Cascade Engineering, Inc.
Le Mark T
Price Heneveld Cooper DeWitt & Litton LLP
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