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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Keith W Tantlinger, Coronado, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rohr Industries, Inc., Chula Vista, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
105354 ; 1611 / ; 256 59 ; 2801 / ; 296 / ;
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.