Passenger hand assist rail for transit vehicle

Details Passenger hand assist rail for transit vehicle Passenger hand assist rail for transit vehicle

1974-09-26

1976-01-13

Wood, Jr., M. Henson

Railway rolling stock

Special car bodies

Passenger

16110R, 256 59, 280150R, 296 28A, B60N 500

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039317706

ABSTRACT:
A hand assist rail for a transit vehicle comprises an aluminum extrusion of Y cross sectional shape with a bulbous, preferably laterally offset, bottom portion shaped for gripping by hand of a passenger standing in the aisle of such vehicle. A resilient cushion of conforming shape comprises the under side of the bulbous hand grip bottom portion, and a web portion of the rail which comprises the stem of the Y preferably is reversely curved to permit the thumb and fingers of a hand grasping the bulbous bottom portion to overlap.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1274063 (1918-07-01), Linn
patent: 1350657 (1920-08-01), Kirschmann
patent: 2264637 (1941-12-01), Landell
patent: 2672103 (1954-03-01), Hohmes

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