Modular model railroad track support system with snap-fit connections
OwnerJan W. Ropers, Victor E. Changinventors
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Abstract
A modular model railway support system is designed either for overhead installation or above ground support of conventional model railway tracks. The system includes a plurality of side rail members and cross ties having opposite ends designed for interlocking, snap engagement with the side rail members to secure two parallel lengths of successive side rail members together to form a selected pathway for supporting track with side rail members extending along opposite sides of a single or double track and the cross ties forming supports for the track. The side rail members on each side of the track are secured together end-to-end by the cross ties.
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A modular model railroad track support assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of elongate side rail members having opposite ends, the side rail members including straight rail members and curved rail members having a range of different curvatures;
- a plurality of cross ties for selectively securing the side rail members together to form a model railroad track support following a selected path, the track support having at least two spaced parallel side rails extending along the path and a series of said cross ties extending between the side rails at spaced intervals along the track support to support at least one model railroad track on the cross ties between the spaced side rails, each side rail comprising a plurality of said side rail members secured together end-to-end by the cross ties;
- each said cross tie having opposite ends and a first mating formation at each end of the cross tie;
- each said side rail member having opposite ends and a second mating formation at each end of the side rail member for releasable mating engagement with the first mating formation at the corresponding ends of respective ones of said cross ties to secure the cross ties and side rail members together in said selected path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.