Railway rolling stock – Special car bodies – Freight
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-30
2005-08-30
Jules, Frantz F. (Department: 3617)
Railway rolling stock
Special car bodies
Freight
C105S404000, C105S238100, C296S106000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06935245
ABSTRACT:
The invention is directed to a railway car for the transportation of semi-trucks. The railway car may have an interior defined by a support surface for the trucks, a pair of upstanding sidewalls, and a roof. End doors may be located at each end of the railway car for selectively permitting access to the interior thereof. The horizontal width at the ends of the railway car may be selected to permit the trucks to be loaded into the interior of the railway car.
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Three photos of a rail-way car believed to be prior art.
Whitehead & Kales Co. brochure, “now's the time to come on strong . . . ship by RAIL!” (4 pages) (date undetermined, believed to be prior art).
Photographs of a railcar believed to have been manufactured by Whitehead & Kales Co. (4 pages) (date undetermined, believed be prior art).
Two (2) pictures of a railcar believed to be prior art.
Cencer Robert J.
Ortner, Jr. Robert C.
Rench Michael J.
Schorr Ralph Hartman
Simpson James M.
Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery
Jules Frantz F.
TRN Business Trust
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