The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2011
Applicants:
Thomas Nosker, Stockton, NJ (US);
Jennifer Lynch, Franklin Park, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Nosker, Stockton, NJ (US);
Jennifer Lynch, Franklin Park, NJ (US);
Assignee:
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 3/00 (2006.01); E01B 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 3/44 (2013.01); E01B 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A railroad tie composed of an immiscible polymer blend having a portion of the underside curved orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the tie or curved both orthogonal and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tie, forming a saddle shape, for purposes of reducing the center bounding problems encountered in prior art synthetic railroad ties.