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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jude O. Igwemezie, Markham, Ontario, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 1/300 ;
Abstract
A rail retaining device has a shoulder that has a body portion, a hook-in leg portion and a bearing portion, and adapted to be pivoted from an installation position. To install the device, the body portion is inclined relative to a plate form tie, and the hook-in leg portion is inserted through an aperture in the tie. The shoulder is moved to an erected position, in which the hook-in leg portion engages an underside of the plate tie and the bearing portion engages on an upper side of the tie. A clip is located relative to the shoulder by engagement with the shoulder is inserted between a side surface of the body portion and a rail flange and retains the shoulder in an erected position.