Railroad freight car access fittings
AssigneeNational Steel Car Limited
InventorsMaryam Mansouri Nasrabad, Mohamed Al-Kaabi, Max Vanderby, Kenneth Wayne Black, I, Tomasz Bis
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Abstract
A railroad freight car may have external fittings, such as trackside-accessible ladder fittings that permit personnel to climb onto the decks and walkways of the car. Several embodiments of movable ladder assemblies are described that provide an extended or deployed or raised position of a handhold, and a retracted or lowered, or stored position. In other embodiments, the assembly is provided with a compliant member that allows the handhold resiliently to flex when encountered by solid objects such as shipping containers.
Claims10
1-10. (canceled)
A trackside access assembly for a railroad freight car, said access assembly comprising:
- a fixed portion mounted to body structure of said railroad freight car;
- a movable portion mounted to said fixed portion;
- and
- said movable portion being resiliently displaceable relative to said fixed portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.