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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:
Oct. 10, 1978
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
David G Naves, Calumet City, IL (US);
Herman A Aquino, Hobart, IN (US);
Robert J Mish, Merrillville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Pullman Incorporated, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P / ; B61D / ; B61D / ; F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1053 / ; 105370 ; 211 13 ; 267 72 ; 292213 ; 292219 ; 296 / ;
Abstract
A vehicle carrying railway car comprises a plurality of vertically spaced decks, at least one of which consists of a rigid central section and at opposite ends hinged deck sections that are adapted to be raised for facilitating the loading of vehicles onto the car. The raised deck sections are counterbalanced by a biasing assembly and may be locked in raised or lowered positions.