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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:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert L Bullock, Antioch, IL (US);
Bruce M Bullock, Antioch, IL (US);
Dallas S Drew, Sequim, WA (US);
Michael C Burkitt, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Standard Car Truck Company, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
105458 ;
Abstract
A bridge plate assembly for use in moving vehicles between rail cars for unloading and loading has a sufficient length to span the space between adjacent rail cars and has sufficient width to accommodate vehicles of varying wheelbase. The plate assembly includes two load bearing plate members, positioned one on top of another, with one end of each plate member being formed and adapted to be attached to the end of a rail car. Each plate member has top and bottom face layers bonded to an intermediate low density core.