Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357616 | Method and apparatus for transporting oil rig An oil rig capable of being at least partially disassembled to form at least two portions, such as a top half and bottom half, and an associated structure for transport. An oil rig top portion may be loaded onto a trailer for transport separate from a bottom portion... | 04/15/2008 |
| 6733635 | Method of repairing a coke oven buckstay and a moving device for use in such method A coke oven buckstay moving device and method which can be used to quickly, reliably, and smoothly repair buckstays compared to conventional methods and devices. The coke oven buckstay moving means includes a main car, a subcar, a frame, and securing means. The main... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6575101 | Coupling arrangement for a train of highway trailers A coupling arrangement for forming a train of highway trailers, including at least one leading trailer having a rearwardly disposed locating device and a retractable highway wheel assembly, at least one following trailer having a forwardly disposed locati... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6510800 | Multi-unit railroad freight car for carrying cargo containers between container well units A multi-unit railroad freight car and a container-carrying intermediate unit for such a car. The intermediate unit is located between and coupled to each of a pair of well units designed for carrying stacked cargo containers. Coupled ends of the intermedi... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6460468 | Intermodal transport system A railroad drive system for transporting, along a railroad track, a vehicle trailer having a front king pin and a rear king pin downwardly projecting from a lower surface thereof in vertically spaced relation above the railroad track includes a drive asse... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6393996 | Refined intermodal vehicle for forming a train of highway trailers An refined intermodal vehicle for forming a train of highway trailers. The intermodal vehicle has a unitary upper frame assembly provided with leading and trailing load carrying surfaces spaced below ends of a continuous drawbar to which highway trailers ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6123029 | Intermodal transport system An improved intermodal transport system combining trucking and railway technology for the transport of passengers and freight. The present system includes a so-called Super Rail Train which incorporates an automotive truck drive system and components in a... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6095055 | Separable rail transport unit for carrying a load, particularly a road unit A rail transport unit for carrying a load consisting of a road vehicle includes a support structure having two longitudinal ends. Each end is connected to an axle block or bogie by a composite interface, and at least one of the ends is free and defines an... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6050197 | Intermodal vehicle for forming a train of highway trailers An improved intermodal vehicle (10) for forming a train of highway trailers. The intermodal vehicle has an upper frame (42) to which highway trailers (12, 14) may be connected, each of the highway trailers having leading a trailing coupler socket assembli... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6021718 | Two-axle undercarriage for track-bound transport systems A two-axle undercarriage for track-bound transport systems carrying freight and passenger traffic, especially for inseparable train units, is divided into two parts, each part housing a wheel set. The two undercarriage frame halves are connected to each o... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5890433 | Intermodal vehicle for forming train of trailers A retractable intermodal vehicle (10) for supporting and connecting modified semitrailers (11) end-to-end to form a train of trailers capable of being operated on a railroad track (172); the semitrailers also able to be operated on a highway as regular se... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5601030 | Railraod bogie, for connecting vehicles in an articulated train A railroad bogie is disclosed. Such railroad bogie has a bogie body with a horizonal frame with front and rear ends and elongated sides therebetween. The bogie body also has an upstanding front plate and rear plate and side plates therebetween with lower ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5564341 | Coupling assembly between two successive wagon structures and a common bogie An assembly for coupling to the same bogie the opposite ends of two successive wagon structures having a "V"-shaped front end (18) articulated on the bogie and an open rear end (13) consisting of two parallel arms (14, 15) has a pivoting cross member (26)... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5537931 | Bogie adapter for intermodal trailer There is disclosed a rail bogie for connection with an intermodal or rail highway trailer having conventional highway wheels. The rail bogie includes an adapter engageable with a trailer and incorporating a lift mechanism for enabling the adapter to be lo... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5291835 | Retractable intermodal vehicle A retractable intermodal vehicle for supporting and connecting modified semitrailers end-to-end to form a train of trailers capable of being operated on a railroad track; the semitrailers also able to be operated on a highway as regular semitrailers. The ... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5216956 | Truck train system having a removable first truck and a second truck with a load platform and an extendable center sill A truck-train system uses a first ("A") railway dolly or bogie to support the front or fifth-wheel hitch end of roadable truck-trailer. It uses a second ("B") railway dolly to support the rear or roadable wheel end of the same truck-trailer. The first ("A... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5152228 | Universal coupling adapter for rail-highway vehicles A universal coupling adapter connectable to either end of a rail-highway vehicle useful in forming trains of rail-highway vehicles for rail transport comprises a bolster connectable with a rail bogie. The bolster has a support member bearing a semi-traile... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5107772 | Rail bogie for transporting semi-trailers with vertically movable king pin assemblies on common frame A rail bogie for hooking with semi-trailers and the like road vehicles comprises a truck having a wheel-mounted chassis and a fifth-wheel frame above the chassis. Power jacks or inflatable balloons are mounted between this chassis and the frame for moving... | 04/28/1992 |
| 4955144 | Compatible intermodal road/rail transportation system An intermodal road/rail transportation system wherein the freight containers or road trailers are adapted for transportation on detachable rail trucks or bogies. The system includes various bogie constructions, locking devices and trailer constructions wh... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4955292 | Dual-mode rail-highway semi-trailer with separable bogie A dual-mode semi-trailer having over-the-road or highway running gear with rubber tired wheels in which a demountable flanged rail wheel bogie is employed, the body being supported upon said highway running gear during over-the-road travel by air-springs ... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4953472 | Rail vehicle, particularly monorail A rail vehicle, particularly a monorail, has several vehicles or cars, each of two adjacent or neighboring ones of which are connected by way of an associated coupling device. Between each two adjacent vehicles or cars there is mounted a bogie with an axl... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4922832 | Intermodal road/rail transportation system An intermodal road/rail transportation system wherein the freight containers or road trailers are adapted for transportation on detachable rail trucks or bogies. The system includes various bogie constructions, locking devices and trailer constructions wh... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4887535 | Rail-highway semi-trailers Improvements with the present invention is concerned relate in particular to special bimodal semi-trailers adapted to travel on both rails and roads, wherewith the rail carriage and the highway carriage as well are removable. The invention may be applied ... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4773336 | Railroad bogie for removably supporting coupled semi-trailers A road/rail transport system is described and comprises rail bogies of the kind having two axles and a central bogie bolster arranged between the axles and transverse to the intended direction of travel and semi-trailers which are preferably of the kind h... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4697526 | Articulation system for articulated depressed-floor tramway carriages The articulation system relates to articulated tramway carriages comprising at least two bodies, the opposing ends of which are connected together in an articulated manner in order to maintain substantial continuity of the walking surface, and are support... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4547107 | Intermodal rail truck and coupling system The intermodal rail truck and coupling system for the coupling of two intermodal containers, two conventional rail cars, or an intermodal container and a conventional rail comprising a rail truck frame having a central longitudinal axis and wheel supports... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4452147 | Intermodal railway car Disclosed is an intermodal railway car 100 capable of carrying a number of different designs of highway vehicle trailers or cargo containers used to ship goods over such distances as will make railway transportation of such trailers or containers economic... | 06/05/1984 |
