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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:
Jun. 14, 1977
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carl D McClurg, Lockbourne, OH (US);
Assignee:
Buckeye International, Inc., Columbus, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
105420 ;
Abstract
A center brace is provided for interchangeable use with hopper, box and gondola railway cars. The brace includes two hollow kingpin holes which permit such interchangeable use. Furthermore, the brace is also symmetrical about a horizontal plane so that the brace can be installed with either side up.