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US 12,005,937 B2Granted
Configurable railroad car
AssigneeGunderson LLC
InventorsJames A. Warwick, Daniel J. Schuller, Peter L. Jones
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Abstract
A configurable railroad car including a plurality of multi-orientation coil/slab supports that are configured to be positioned on, oriented on, and securely attached to the floor of the railroad car in different sets of positions and orientations to enable the railroad car to transport different products such as coils, elongated slabs, a mix of coils and elongated slabs, or other products.
Claims17
A railroad car comprising:
- a frame;
- a floor connected to and supported by the frame;
- a plurality of multi-orientation coil/slab supports each having a same shape and configuration and positionable in:
- (a) coil supporting positions and coil supporting orientations on the floor to support at least one coil, and (b) slab supporting positions and slab supporting orientations on the floor positions to support at least one elongated slab, wherein for each of the multi-orientation coil/slab supports, the coil supporting orientation is different than the slab supporting orientation;
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- a plurality of support securements configured to selectively restrain:
- (a) the plurality of multi-orientation coil/slab supports in the coil supporting positions and the coil supporting orientations on the floor, and (b) the plurality of multi-orientation coil/slab supports in the slab supporting positions and the slab supporting orientations on the floor.
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A railroad car comprising:
- a frame;
- a floor connected to and supported by the frame;
- a plurality of multi-orientation coil/slab supports positionable in:
- (a) coil supporting positions and coil supporting orientations on the floor to support at least one coil;
- and (b) slab supporting positions and slab supporting orientations on the floor positions to support at least one elongated slab, wherein at least one of the multi-orientation coil/slab supports includes a first end support section, a center support section, a second end support section, and a plurality of connection bars that are part of each of the first end support section, the center support section, and the second end support section, and that fixedly connect the first end support section to the center support section, and the center support section to the second end support section;
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- a plurality support securements configured to selectively restrain:
- (a) the plurality of multi-orientation coil/slab supports in the coil supporting positions and the coil supporting orientations on the floor;
- and (b) the plurality of multi-orientation coil/slab supports in the slab supporting positions and the slab supporting orientations on the floor.
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A multi-orientation coil/slab support comprising:
- a first end support section;
- a center support section;
- a second end support section;
- wherein each of the first end support section, the center support section, and the second end support section forms part of:
- a first base,
- a coil support,
- a second base,
- a third base, and
- a slab support;
- and
- a plurality of connection bars that are part of each of the first end support section, the center support section, and the second end support section, and that fixedly connect the first end support section to the center support section, and the center support section to the second end support section, wherein the multi-orientation coil/slab support is positionable in:
- (a) a coil supporting position and a coil supporting orientation on a floor to partially support a coil, and (b) a slab supporting position and a slab supporting orientation on the floor to partially support an elongated slab,
- wherein (a) in the coil supporting position and the coil supporting orientation, each of the multi-orientation coil/slab supports is configured to rest on the first base thereof and the coil support thereof faces upwardly, and (b) in the slab supporting position and the slab supporting orientation, each of the multi-orientation coil/slab supports is configured to rest on the second and third bases thereof, the slab support thereof faces upwardly, and the coil support thereof faces downwardly.
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A multi-orientation coil/slab support comprising:
- a plurality of support sections and a plurality of connection bars that are part of each of the support sections, and that fixedly connect the support sections;
- each of the support sections forming:
- a first base;
- a coil support;
- a second base;
- a third base;
- and
- a slab support, wherein the multi-orientation coil/slab support is positionable in:
- (a) a coil supporting position and a coil supporting orientation with the first bases on a floor and the multi-orientation coil/slab support configured to partially support a coil, and (b) a slab supporting position and a slab supporting orientation with the second and third bases on the floor and the multi-orientation coil/slab support configured to partially support an elongated slab.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.