Freight accommodation on freight carrier – Particular article accommodation – Wheeled vehicle
Patent
1985-10-18
1987-06-23
Reese, Randolph A.
Freight accommodation on freight carrier
Particular article accommodation
Wheeled vehicle
188 36, 410 26, B60P 307, B60T 300
Patent
active
046749292
ABSTRACT:
A railroad car having at least one deck for supporting and transporting four-wheel vehicles such as automobiles and trucks; a pair of spaced apart first and second parallel tracks, secured to the deck longitudinally of the railroad car, having clearance for the two wheels on one side of the vehicle to roll between the tracks; a pair of movable chock blocks for each vehicle transported on the deck to secure the vehicle against longitudinal movement; each chock block including a bar with a first end and a second end; the bar first end being permanently secured to the first track so that it is not readily removable from the first track but so that the bar first end can be moved along the longitudinal axis of the track and the bar also can be rotated from about lateral to about parallel to the track; the bar first end having a latch for releasably securing the bar first end in a fixed position along the first track; and the bar second end having a device for releasably securing the bar second end in a fixed position along the second track.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1778162 (1930-10-01), Mills et al.
patent: 3605636 (1971-09-01), Blunden et al.
Reese Randolph A.
Thrall Car Manufacturing Company
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