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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2011
Steve Knight, Mission Hill, SD (US);
Timothy Gilmore, Yankton, SD (US);
David Koerner, Yankton, SD (US);
Kevin Kleinsasser, Yankton, SD (US);
Dave Schaefer, Yankton, SD (US);
Troy Knouse, Yankton, SD (US);
Jerry Dimmer, Yankton, SD (US);
Steve Knight, Mission Hill, SD (US);
Timothy Gilmore, Yankton, SD (US);
David Koerner, Yankton, SD (US);
Kevin Kleinsasser, Yankton, SD (US);
Dave Schaefer, Yankton, SD (US);
Troy Knouse, Yankton, SD (US);
Jerry Dimmer, Yankton, SD (US);
Rush Company, Inc., Springfield, SD (US);
Abstract
A rail car cover system that includes a rail car, a first cover section and a second cover section. The rail car has an opening. The first cover section is operably attached to the rail car. The first cover section includes a first closure mechanism. The second cover section is operably attached to the rail car. The second cover section includes a second closure mechanism. The first cover section and the second cover section are both movable between a closed configuration and an open configuration. When in the closed configuration, the first closure mechanism engages the second closure mechanism to maintain the first cover section and the second cover section in the closed configuration.