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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6416116 | Interior structure of a mass transit vehicle A public transit vehicle has a vehicle body having a roof defining an interior ceiling surface, two side walls each extending longitudinally of the vehicle including an upper side wall portion connecting to the roof and a row of windows underneath the upp... | 07/09/2002 |
| 5601033 | Door structure for a railcar in an articulated train A novel door structure is provided for each end of a railcar in an articulated train. The train includes a plurality of railcars which are coupled together and spaced apart from each other a small distance. The door structure can be easily opened and clos... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5386784 | Railroad car hand hold assembly A hand hold assembly and method for installation of the same on railroad car walls. The assembly has only three components, but can adapt to virtually any railroad car wall topography of the installation site. An elongated rod is bent or otherwise contort... | 02/07/1995 |
| 4871047 | Adjustable grab iron This invention relates to grab irons and more particularly to two-piece, adjustable grab irons. The grab iron consists of a handhold-shape containing a mounting flange portion and a rod member as well as a grabfoot-shape containing a mounting flange porti... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4757768 | Extendable safety rail for locomotives An extendable safety rail for locomotives wherein a set of parallel bars is secured horizontally by the ends to vertical posts adaptable for vertical movement inside suitably sized sleeves mounted on the locomotive sides so as to safeguard men working on ... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4266318 | Hand rail assembly A hand rail assembly (10, 110) including a graspable portion (14, 114) connected at spaced portions, such as ends (15, 18), to a support wall (11) with at least one of the connections (16, 116) being breakable by inadvertent application of high force to t... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4169623 | Hand rails extensibly mounted in guide tubes at the rear of a van or trailer Extensible hand rails are adjustably mounted in vertical guide tubes positioned at the rear of a van or trailer. These hand rails may be moved into retracted positions and held in this position so that the tops of the hand rails will lie flush with the fl... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4121495 | Car key hole bolt fastening assembly An assembly is provided for blind hole mounting an external appurtenance including safety appliances such as ladder rungs, hand holds, and walkways on a railway freight car. One or more key hole slots are provided through the surface of the car where the ... | 10/24/1978 |
| 3996860 | Vehicle end enclosure An enclosure for a vehicle end opening formed between two side walls includes two bi-fold door assemblies each comprising inner and outer panels pivotally connected to one another and with the free edge of the outer panels in turn connected to a fixed piv... | 12/14/1976 |
