Class 105/370 - Convertible deck

Subclass of Class 105 - Railway rolling stock
Definition: Boxcars which are convertible into a multiple floor or deck
No. of patents: 23
Last issue date: 06/06/2006

Browse patents
Browse applications

Number	Title	Issue Date
7055441	Counterbalanced deck for railroad freight car A railroad car includes a body having a pair of side walls and at least a pair of parallel horizontal support beams extending along the side walls at substantially the same height. A movable end portion of a deck built as a lightweight composite structure may pivot ...	06/06/2006
6279483	Rail/road transport A method for transporting road haulage trailers by railway train using carriages having flat load bearing tops (2). The carriages are constructed so that they are on the same level as a railway platform (61) so that trailers (7) may be driven directly ont...	08/28/2001
6138579	Autorack railcar adjustable decking structure and method A railcar has a substructure, a superstructure and side webwork joining the substructure and the superstructure, leaving an interior space suitable for carrying automobiles. The number of automobiles carried within the railcar structure, and the versatili...	10/31/2000
5988073	Railway waggon A railway waggon comprises on one hand a load carrier (2) composed of two carrying beams (12, 12') and an intermediate, load-receiving platform part (13), and on the other hand bogies (3) with wheels (4) for railway tracks (5). The platform part (13) is l...	11/23/1999
5685228	Bi-tri-level deck system for a railcar A railcar which forms part of an articulated train includes a novel deck system and a novel, low-level, low-profile, no slack coupler. The railcar is formed from a floor, upstanding side walls which are connected to the floor and a top to form an enclosur...	11/11/1997
5209540	Foldable carrier system for transport of frangible sheet material A system embodied within an over-the-road trailer or other carrier for use when transporting frangible sheet material, such as sheets of glass, utilizes a frame, a side section hingedly connected to the frame and a frame structure attached to the side sec...	05/11/1993
5191842	Modular structure for converting rail cars for carrying both coiled and plate materials directly on longitudinal rails and cross members A conversion structure for converting a gondola railcar or similar apparatus for transporting materials to transport cargo in the form of discrete plates or in the form of discrete cylindrical units, such as coils of steel. The apparatus disclosed compris...	03/09/1993
5092721	Double drop trailer with two lifts A double drop trailer has a central storage or cargo section whose floor is at a lower level than the floors of the front and rear storage (cargo) sections. A first lift having upper and lower cargo platforms is located in the central cargo section, and a...	03/03/1992
4997335	Double drop trailer with lift and method of loading the same A double drop trailer has a central storage or cargo section whose floor is at a lower level than the floors of the front and rear storage (cargo) sections. A first lift having upper and lower cargo platforms is located in the central cargo section, and a...	03/05/1991
4893568	Railway car conversion to gondola car A hopper car is converted to a gondola-type car by replacing the hoppers and their dump doors with a light metal sheet floor. The floor sheets form a series of box-like compartments. The compartments are formed by crossbearer partitions extending between ...	01/16/1990
4666211	Multi-level transport truck apparatus A multi-level transport truck apparatus, particularly suitable for use with trucks that release contents through rearward tilting of the container portion, having a main container portion divided into at least upper and lower container portions by plate m...	05/19/1987
4637763	Hanging multi-deck system for storing and shipping articles in containers Fixtures supportable in a containerized unit for compartmentalizing the container into predetermined areas for storage and shipment of non-stackable articles at one or more levels within the container. A series of vertical support hangers are releasably c...	01/20/1987
4296691	Apparatus for use on vehicle transporters The present invention relates to vehicle transporters. Apparatus for totally or partially lowering or raising the upper platform of a vehicle transport trailer comprising a lower platform disposed on a chassis and an upper platform supported at a distance...	10/27/1981
4265577	Two-piece curtain-like lading-restraining device A curtain-type lading-restraining device for use in lading-carrying containers which employs decking which is positionable above the floor of the container so as to provide two surfaces for supporting cargo. The lading-restraining curtain includes an upper cur...	05/05/1981
4252482	Railway car counter-balanced tilting deck A vehicle carrying railway car including a plurality of vertically spaced decks having at least one hinged deck section adapted to be raised for facilitating the loading of vehicles onto the car. The hinged deck has shrouds that are supported and aligned ...	02/24/1981
4248557	Railway car counter balanced tilting deck An operating mechanism for a hinged deck portion of a vehicle-carrying auto-rack railway car utilizing a first-class lever to counterbalance the deck end portion. A spring load is provided by a Belleville spring pack of novel, compact construction which h...	02/03/1981
4238168	Railway car for transporting vehicles A railway car for transporting vehicles comprising a plurality of vertically spaced decks, one of which consists of a rigid central section and at opposite ends hinged deck sections that are adapted to be selectively raised for facilitating the loading of...	12/09/1980
4224880	Railway car nailable floor A nailable floor panel structure including a plurality of generally inverted-channel shaped parallel floor planks with depending flanges disposedly downwardly in generally abutting relation, and generally linear end caps affixed and rigidly interconnectin...	09/30/1980
4149472	Railway car tilting deck lock A railway car comprises a plurality of vertically disposed decks above the floor of the car. The first deck includes a rigid deck section having at opposite ends thereof hinged deck sections which may be moveable from a load carrying position upwardly to ...	04/17/1979
4130075	Portable cargo decks In a cargo vessel having a hold for cargo and/or containers, a portable deck with movable deck supports connected to the deck for securing and/or releasing the portable decks in the hold of the vessel; wherein the vessel is provided with support members f...	12/19/1978
4119043	Railway car counterbalanced tilting deck A railway car for transporting vehicles comprises a floor having a plurality of vertically spaced decks, one of said decks comprising a hinged deck section which may be raised above the floor of the car for facilitating loading. A counterbalancing mechani...	10/10/1978
4119042	Railway car counterbalanced tilting deck A vehicle carrying railway car comprises a plurality of vertically spaced decks, at least one of which consists of a rigid central section and at opposite ends hinged deck sections that are adapted to be raised for facilitating the loading of vehicles ont...	10/10/1978
4059055	Railway car hinge-deck lock A lock mechanism for a railway car hinge-deck section includes a locking lever pivotally attached to a railway car and having an upper and lower wedge bar alternately engageable with a wedge plate carried by the hinge-deck section when the section is disp...	11/22/1977

PatentStorm

Quotables

PatentStorm News

Class 105/370 - Convertible deck