Auto rack railroad car bumper guard device
AssigneeZeftek, Inc.
InventorsMichael K. Burke, John D. Anderson, Walter J. Peach
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Abstract
An auto rack sidewall bumper guard device for auto rack railroad cars eliminates contact between a vehicle door and the sidewalls. The bumper guard device includes a mounting plate and a plurality of horizontally extending vertically spaced-apart relatively low profile bumpers extending from the mounting plate. The mounting plate is adapted to cover the sidewall panel and part of each adjacent vertical posts to prevent the vehicle doors from contacting the sidewall panels and vertical posts.
Claims58
In an auto rack railroad car having a plurality of horizontally extending sidewalls which include a plurality of spaced apart vertical posts and sidewall panels connected to the vertical posts, a bumper guard adapted to be mounted adjacent to one of the sidewall panels, said bumper guard comprising:
- a mounting plate which is adapted to be mounted adjacent to the sidewall panel, said mounting plate including a mounting body, an upper mounting base connected to said mounting body, a lower mounting base connected to said mounting body, a first post cover extending from one side end of said mounting body and a second post cover extending from the other side end of said mounting body;
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- a plurality of spaced-apart bumpers extending transversely from the mounting plate,
- wherein the mounting plate is adapted to cover part of the sidewall panel and part of adjacent vertical posts to prevent a vehicle door from contacting said sidewall panel and said vertical posts.
A bumper guard for preventing vehicle doors from contacting the sidewall panel in an auto rack railroad car, said bumper guard comprising:
- a mounting plate, adapted to be attached to the sidewall panel, said mounting plate including a sidewall covering portion, a first vertical post covering portion formed at an end of the mounting plate, an upper mounting base, a lower mounting base and a series of longitudinally spaced slots for aligning and co-acting with sidewall panel holes in said sidewall panel;
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- a plurality of low profile bumpers extending from the mounting plate.
In an auto rack railroad car having a plurality of horizontally extending sidewalls which include a plurality of spaced apart vertical posts and sidewall panels connected to the vertical posts, a bumper guard adapted to be mounted adjacent to one of the sidewall panels, said bumper guard comprising:
- a mounting plate which is adapted to be mounted adjacent to the sidewall panel, said mounting plate including a mounting body and a post cover extending from at least one side end of the mounting body, said post cover including an angled portion and a substantially straight portion for covering one of the vertical post adjacent to said sidewall panel;
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- a plurality of bumpers extending transversely from the mounting plate,
- wherein the mounting plate is adapted to cover part of the sidewall panel and part of said adjacent vertical post to prevent a vehicle door from contacting said sidewall panel and said vertical post.
In an auto rack railroad car having a plurality of horizontally extending sidewalls which include a plurality of spaced apart vertical posts and sidewall panels connected to the vertical posts, a bumper guard adapted to be mounted adjacent to one of the sidewall panels, said bumper guard comprising:
- a mounting plate having a mounting body which is adapted to be mounted adjacent to the sidewall panel;
- a plurality of bumpers extending transversely from the mounting plate;
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- a first post cover extending from one side end of the mounting body and a second post cover extending from an opposite side end of the mounting body,
- wherein the mounting body, the first post cover and the second post cover are adapted to cover part of the sidewall panel and part of each vertical post adjacent to said sidewall panel to prevent a vehicle door from contacting said sidewall panel and said vertical posts.
A bumper guard for preventing a vehicle door from contacting a sidewall panel and a vertical post adjacent to said sidewall panel in an auto rack railroad car, said bumper guard comprising:
- a mounting plate adapted to be attached to said sidewall panel, said mounting plate including a body and a post cover extending from one end of the body, said post cover including an angled portion and a substantially straight portion and adapted to cover at least a portion of said vertical post;
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- a plurality of low profile bumpers extending from said body and said post cover.
In an auto rack railroad car having a plurality of horizontally extending sidewalls which include a plurality of spaced apart vertical posts and sidewall panels connected to the vertical posts, a bumper guard adapted to be mounted adjacent to one of the sidewall panels, said bumper guard comprising:
- a mounting plate adapted to be mounted adjacent to said sidewall panel to cover part of the sidewall panel;
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- a plurality of spaced-apart bumpers extending transversely from the mounting plate to prevent a vehicle door from contacting said sidewall panel, wherein each of said bumpers includes spaced-apart opposing substantially horizontally extending members extending from the mounting plate, spaced-apart vertically extending end members extending from the mounting plate, and a vehicle door contact section connected to said members.
A bumper guard for preventing a vehicle door from contacting a sidewall panel in an auto rack railroad car having a plurality of vertical posts and sidewall panels mounted to the vertical posts, said bumper guard comprising:
- a mounting plate adapted to be attached to the sidewall panel, wherein the mounting plate includes a sidewall covering portion and a vertical post covering portion;
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- a plurality of low profile bumpers transversely extending from the mounting plate including extending from the sidewall covering portion and extending from the vertical post covering portion, wherein each of said bumpers includes spaced-apart opposing substantially horizontally extending members extending from the mounting plate spaced-apart vertically extending end members extending from the mounting plate, and a vehicle door contact section connected to said members.
A bumper guard for preventing a vehicle door from contacting a sidewall panel in an auto rack railroad car having a plurality of vertical posts and sidewall panels mounted to the vertical posts, said bumper guard comprising:
- a mounting plate adapted to be attached to the sidewall panel, wherein the mounting plate includes a body, a post cover extending from one end of the body and adapted to cover at least a portion of one of the vertical posts adjacent to the sidewall panel;
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- a plurality of low profile bumpers transversely extending from the mounting plate including extending from the body and extending from the post cover, wherein each of said bumpers includes spaced-apart opposing substantially horizontally extending members extending from the mounting plate spaced-apart vertically extending end members extending from the mounting plate, and a vehicle door contact section connected to said members.
In an auto rack railroad car having a plurality of horizontally extending sidewalls which include a plurality of spaced apart vertical posts and sidewall panels connected to the vertical posts, a bumper guard adapted to be mounted adjacent to one of the sidewall panels, said bumper guard comprising:
- a mounting plate adapted to be mounted adjacent to said sidewall panel, said mounting plate including a sidewall covering portion, a vertical post covering portion formed at an end of the mounting plate, an upper mounting base, and a lower mounting base, each said base having a series of longitudinally spaced slots for aligning with and co-acting with sidewall panel holes in said sidewall panel;
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- a plurality of spaced-apart bumpers extending transversely from the mounting plate,
- wherein the mounting plate is adapted to cover part of the sidewall panel to prevent a vehicle door from contacting said sidewall panel.
A bumper guard for preventing a vehicle door from contacting the sidewall panel in an auto rack railroad car having a plurality of vertical posts and sidewall panels mounted to the vertical posts, said bumper guard comprising:
- a mounting plate adapted to be attached to said sidewall panel, wherein the mounting plate includes a mounting body, an upper mounting base connected to said mounting body, a lower mounting base connected to said mounting body, a first vertical post cover extending from one side end of the mounting body and a second post cover extending from the other side end of the mounting body;
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- a plurality of low profile bumpers extending from the mounting body, extending from the first post cover and extending from the second post cover of the mounting plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.