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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:
Dec. 09, 1980
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
David G Naves, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
Pullman Incorporated, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D / ; F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
410 27 ; 105370 ;
Abstract
A railway car for transporting vehicles comprising a plurality of vertically spaced decks, one of which consists of a rigid central section and at opposite ends hinged deck sections that are adapted to be selectively raised for facilitating the loading of vehicles onto the railway car, and an improved counterbalancing and locking mechanism interconnecting the hinged deck sections and the car structure.