Vehicle chock block apparatus for railroad car transport of vehi

Freight accommodation on freight carrier – Particular article accommodation – Wheeled vehicle

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188 36, 410 26, B60P 307, B60T 300

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046799745

ABSTRACT:
A railroad car having at least one deck for supporting and transporting four-wheel vehicles such as automobiles and trucks, having a pair of spaced apart first and second parallel tracks, secured to the deck longitudinally of the railroad car, having clearance for the wheels on one side of the vehicle to roll between the tracks; a pair of movable chock block apparatus for each vehicle transported on the deck to secure the vehicle against longitudinal movement; each chock block apparatus including a bar with a first end and a second end; a carriage permanently secured to the first track so it cannot be removed from the first track but so it can be moved along the longitudinal axis of the first track without rotation about a vertical axis; the bar first end being connected to the carriage so the bar first end can rotate about a substantially vertical axis at least about 90.degree.; the carriage being releasably securable in a fixed position along the first track; and the bar second end being releasably securable in a fixed position along the second track.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1778162 (1930-10-01), Mills et al.
patent: 3673969 (1972-07-01), Peisner et al.

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