# US 2014/0197122 A1 · Auto-rack railroad car vehicle wheel chock hanger > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0197122 A1 - Document ID: US20140197122A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/218,391 - Filed: 2014-03-18 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2010-10-20 - Assignees: Standard Car Truck Company - Applicants: Standard Car Truck Company - Inventors: Walter J. Peach; John D. Anderson; Edward L. Vechiola - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140197122A1 ## CPC - F16M 13/022: {repositionable} - B60P 3/077: Wheel cradles, chocks, or wells - B60P 3/08: Multilevel-deck construction carrying vehicles - B61D 3/188: {Wheel guides for the vehicles being carried} - F16M 11/00: Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon {; Stands for scientific apparatus such as gravitational force meters} (without heads F16M13/00; easels or stands for blackboards or the like A47B97/04; show-stands A47F7/00; for workmen E04G1/32; {sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22;} supporting or suspending for lighting devices F21V21/00) - A47F 5/0807: {Display panels, grids or rods used for suspending merchandise or cards supporting articles; Movable brackets therefor (with fixed brackets A47F5/0876; packages comprising articles attached to cards B65D73/00; labels G09F)} - A47F 5/083: {Grids; Article supports therefor} - Y02T 30/00: Transportation of goods or passengers via railways, e.g. energy recovery or reducing air resistance - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) - B61D: BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES (vehicles in general B60; adaptation of vehicles to special systems B61B; underframes B61F) - A47F: SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A vehicle wheel chock hanger for a vehicle restraint system for an auto-rack railroad car that is configured to hold various different chocks that are configured to secure vehicles in auto-rack railroad cars. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An auto-rack railroad car vehicle wheel chock hanger comprising: a mounting base configured to be attached to a sidewall panel of an auto-rack railroad car, said mounting base including a flat substantially rectangular body having an interior surface, an exterior surface, a top edge, a bottom edge, a left side edge, and a right side edge, and defining a plurality of spaced apart attachment holes; and a rack connected to the interior surface of the mounting base and configured to hold multiple different chocks, each chock including a body having a front portion and a rear portion, a tire engaging assembly at the front portion of the body for engaging a tire of a vehicle in the auto-rack railroad car, front grate engagers connected to the front portion of the body, and a locking assembly connected to the rear portion of the body to secure the chock to a grating in the auto-rack railroad car and including rear grate engagers, said rack including: at least one horizontally or substantially horizontally extending front grate engager holder, at least one horizontally or substantially horizontally extending rear grate engager holder, and a plurality of holder supports, a plurality of said holder supports welded to the mounting base, said plurality of holder supports extending substantially parallel to the interior surface of the mounting base, each said front grate engager holder welded to an interior surface of each of said holder supports, each said rear grate engager holder welded to an interior surface of each of said holder supports, each said front grate engager holder extending substantially parallel to the interior surface of the mounting base, and each said rear grate engager holder extending substantially parallel to the interior surface of the mounting base, and each front grate engager holder and each rear grate engager holder extending in a same or substantially same vertical plane. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The auto-rack railroad car vehicle wheel chock hanger of claim 1, which includes a plurality of front grate engager holders. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The auto-rack railroad car vehicle wheel chock hanger of claim 2, which includes a plurality of rear grate engager holders. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The auto-rack railroad car vehicle wheel chock hanger of claim 1, which includes a plurality of rear grate engager holders. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The auto-rack railroad car vehicle wheel chock hanger of claim 1, wherein the attachment holes are slots. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The auto-rack railroad car vehicle wheel chock hanger of claim 1, which includes an additional holder support not welded to the mounting base, said additional holder support extending substantially parallel to the interior surface of the mounting base, each said rear grate engager holder welded to said additional holder support, each said front grate engager holder welded to said additional holder support. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The auto-rack railroad car vehicle wheel chock hanger of claim 1, which includes two spaced apart additional holder supports not welded to the mounting base, said additional holder supports each extending substantially parallel to the interior surface of the mounting base, each said rear grate engager holder welded to said additional holder supports, each said front grate engager holder welded to said additional holder supports.