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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8033768 | Railroad car coil restraint system A transverse railroad coil car coil restraint apparatus or system which includes a plurality of coil restraints attachable to each trough in a transverse railroad coil car to reduce the sideways shifting of coils positioned in the troughs. In certain embodiments, th... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8016525 | Dunnage holder A dunnage holder for securing and positioning a freight bracing beam spanning across the width of a flatbed trailer has a vertically oriented stake member adapted for insertion into a stake hole of the flatbed of the trailer. A horizontally oriented arm is cooperati... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011865 | Railroad car coil restraint system A transverse railroad coil car coil restraint apparatus or system which includes a plurality of coil restraints attachable to each trough in a transverse railroad coil car to reduce the sideways shifting of coils positioned in the troughs. In certain embodiments, th... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7972098 | Liner for cushioning and securing rolled coils and other cylindrical objects in a transverse trough of a railway car A liner for a transverse trough of a coil-transport railway car for cushioning a coil and for preventing lateral creep of the load during transport. Each sloping wall of a transverse trough is lined with at least one liner to prevent lateral creep in both transverse... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7854578 | Universal apparatus for the inspection, transportation, and storage of large shell structures An apparatus for holding an aerospace structure, having an edge and a surface, includes a base. Coupled to the base is an edge support adapted to releasably engage the edge of the structure. Also coupled to the base is a stanchion. Moveably coupled to the stanchion ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7815404 | Liner for cushioning and securing rolled coils and other cylindrical objects in a transverse trough of a railway car A liner for a transverse trough of a coil-transport railway car for cushioning a coil and for preventing lateral creep of the load during transport. Each sloping wall of a transverse trough is lined with at least one liner to prevent lateral creep in both transverse... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7421955 | Hazardous material transportation railcar and cask craddle The invention provides an apparatus for safely transporting various hazardous materials, including spent nuclear fuel. The invention includes a cask cradle that is configured to securely receive a cask for containment of hazardous materials, such as spent nuclear fu... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7377733 | Universal apparatus for the inspection, transportation, and storage of large shell structures An apparatus for holding an aerospace structure, having an edge and a surface, includes a base. Coupled to the base is an edge support adapted to releasably engage the edge of the structure. Also coupled to the base is a stanchion. Moveably coupled to the stanchion ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7331553 | Bottle support of compressed-air bottles An apparatus for supporting a compressed-air bottle. The apparatus has a bottle support, a plurality of glide inserts projecting away from the bottle support and engageable with a compressed-air bottle supported on the apparatus, and a tightening strap for exerting ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7306414 | Method of loading and unloading transported compressible rolls A method of securing large rolls of compressible materials on flat transport cars, including (a) placing a first set of longitudinally spaced U-shaped brackets on the transport car, each of the U-shaped brackets consisting of a horizontal cross member between a pair... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7246987 | Solid motor transport trailer with rotatable chock supports Methods and apparatus are provided for transporting a solid rocket motor, rocket or other object. A transport for an object suitably includes a trailer having a longitudinal axis. A tail support coupled to the trailer has a notch configured to receive a pin affixed ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244084 | Support system for a cylindrical object A system for supporting a cylindrical object such as a storage tank using a plurality of supports. Each support may be a foot, having a curved portion adjacent to the cylindrical object and a base section. The feet may be mounted with their curved portions adjacent ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234904 | Coil stop for rail road coil car A coil car has a pair of deep side sills and a trough structure mounted to, and suspended between, the deep side sills for carrying coils. The side sills extend between the rail car trucks and act as a pair of deep side beams for carrying vertical loads. The deep si... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7186066 | Method of loading and unloading transported compressible rolls A method of securing large rolls of compressible materials on flat transport cars, including (a) placing a first set of longitudinally spaced U-shaped brackets on the transport car, each of the U-shaped brackets consisting of a horizontal cross member between a pair... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7077269 | Carrier for transporting a cylindrical tank in a horizontal orientation A holder or carrier for safely transporting and/or storing cylindrical tanks or objects in a horizonal orientation includes spaced apart, parallel, and inwardly and downwardly converging first and second interior walls, for retaining exterior sidewall portions of a ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7044311 | Cask support A cask support allows housing two casks (9) therein (1), such that the casks (9) will be arranged in a staggered manner when multiple supports are stacked together. Each support (1) includes two bedplates (2) with a seating for hou... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040846 | Transit bracket assembly for motorcycles The apparatus for attachment to a non-inflatable part of a tandem, two-wheel cycle for rigidly mounting the cycle for transit purposes includes a bracket-like member adapted to be secured to the frame or other non-inflatable part of the cycle. A multi-part assembly ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7004697 | Outrigger lifting device for fuel tankers A load handling mechanism for use with loaded tankers has two transverse attachment members associated with longitudinal beams supporting the tank structure. Cables and associated spreader bars are attached to the transverse attachment members to provide a single li... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004696 | Supplemental restraint for auto-rack railroad car restraint system A supplemental restraint for a primary vehicle restraint system for an auto-rack railroad car which reduces or eliminates movement of the vehicle in the auto-rack railroad car. The supplemental restraint is adapted to be positioned on a grating between the tire of t... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994300 | Device for fastening elongate objects onto a flat support A fastening device may include, in some embodiments, two end parts, each of which has a bearing face for resting on a flat support and which can be assembled to each other by a sliding connection with marked positions. A cradle of the device, for accommodating an el... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6948593 | Wheel chock A self-tightening wheel chock is disclosed for vehicles, such as light aircraft, that can be easily installed and easily removed. The wheel chock can be affixed to a wheel of the vehicle for retention thereof, is weather resistant and lightweight, and will provide a... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6935818 | Munitions trailer A munitions trailer for transporting long bodied munitions items such as bombs and missiles from a storage location to a flight line for loading on a combat aircraft. The trailer has forward, middle and aft decks. The forward and middle decks are separated by a forw... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6926480 | Supplemental restraint for auto-rack railroad car restraint system A supplemental restraint for a primary vehicle restraint system for an auto-rack railroad car which reduces or eliminates movement of the vehicle in the auto-rack railroad car. The supplemental restraint is adapted to be positioned on a grating between the tire of t... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923607 | Coil stop for rail road coil car A coil car has a pair of deep side sills and a trough structure mounted to, and suspended between, the deep side sills for carrying coils. The side sills extend between the rail car trucks and act as a pair of deep side beams for carrying vertical loads. The deep si... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6923608 | Trailer for securing and hauling steel coils A vehicular trailer for transporting cylindrical objects such as metal coils. The trailer includes front and rear deck portions and a middle deck portion positioned lower than and between the front and rear portions. Two or more chocks are pivotably secured to the t... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6923414 | Stand for installing plurality of box bodies A stand for installing a plurality of box bodies is capable of reducing a space needed for installing the plurality of box bodies in parallel and preventing interference with heat radiation of each box body. A stand 5 for installing a plurality of each box bo... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920771 | Lock-down device for an all-terrain vehicle A lock-down device for use on an all-terrain vehicle, comprised of a rectangular base which mounts to a surface such as a garage floor or bed of a pick-up truck, four sockets mounted at each corner of the base, a flat rear panel with two bolts pivotally articulating... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6846139 | Coil car with internal walkway A coil car has a pair of deep side sills and a trough structure mounted to, and suspended between, the deep side sills for carrying coils. The side sills extend between the rail car trucks and act as a pair of deep side beams for carrying vertical loads. The deep si... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6789987 | Cargo freight container A cargo freight container has four walls (1a to 1d), a top (2) and a bottom (3), which form an interior having an inner ceiling (4) and an inner bottom (5). Between the inner ceiling (4) and the inner bo... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6789493 | Method and arrangement for shipping reels; tweendeck and tweendeck arrangement in cargo space of ship The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for shipping a reel (1) onboard a ship (2) where the reel (1) is at least partly placed into a cargo space (3) of the ship. The arrangement comprises a reel holder (4), which hol... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6749381 | Retractable coil stop mechanism for railroad coil car A coil car has a pair of deep side beams and a trough structure mounted to, and suspended between, the deep side beams for carrying coils. The trough structure may have three parallel, longitudinally extending troughs—a central trough lying between two laterally o... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6729816 | Trailer bed with improved cargo well A cargo well configuration that significantly increases the strength of the neck area of the trailer by providing a novel cargo well attachment providing superior strength and load carrying capacity. The improved cargo well of the present invention comprises a first... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6637990 | Coil car with internal walkway A coil car has a pair of deep side sills and a trough structure mounted to, and suspended between, the deep side sills for carrying coils. The side sills extend between the rail car trucks and act as a pair of deep side beams for carrying vertical loads. ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6637607 | Rack for supporting circularly symmetrical containers The invention relates to a rack for supporting cask-type containers. The rack comprises a plurality of modular structures each suitable for receiving a single container, each modular structure presenting a back vertical mean plane and a substantially para... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6619213 | Coil transporter The loading troughs 11, 12, 13 of the coil transporter are formed by transverse supports 17, 18, 19 connected to the longitudinal supports 3, 4 of the undercarriage 1. The trough-forming transverse supports are U-shaped supports which are covered by a tro... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6579048 | Coil stop for rail road coil car A coil car has a pair of deep side sills and a trough structure mounted to, and suspended between, the deep side sills for carrying coils. The side sills extend between the rail car trucks and act as a pair of deep side beams for carrying vertical loads. ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6543368 | Coil car structure A railcar unit has a pair of deep sidewalls and a cradle mounted between the sidewalls for carrying coils. The sidewalls span the distance between the two railcar trucks, and act as a pair of deep beams for carrying vertical loads. The deep sidewalls are ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6231284 | Freight container utilization and to a pallet therefor The present invention relates to the transport of cargo in containers, especially cargo which would usually be transported as bulk cargo, for example coils of sheet steel. The problem of securely loading cargo within a container is overcome by the present... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6190100 | Trailer for carrying loads having a curved configuration A frame for a trailer having a trough is disclosed. The frame has a trough for carrying loads having a curved configuration, such as coils, and a subrail extending longitudinally along the trough. At least one axle can be connected to the frame underneath... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6113326 | System and device for loading and transporting vehicles A system and device for loading and transporting a vehicle on a vehicle transporting surface simplifies the loading of vehicles by aligning the vehicle as it is loaded and holds the vehicle securely in alignment once loaded. The vehicle loading device is ... | 09/05/2000 |
