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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7234905 | Apparatus for attaching a hitch to a vehicle An apparatus for attaching a hitch to a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a pin rotatably mountable to the hitch and having a handle for rotating the pin. A receptacle formed in the vehicle receives the pin. A locking site defined by a channel is formed in... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232282 | Apparatus for attaching semi-trailers to railcars An improvement to a collapsible stanchion on a railcar for supporting semi-trailers thereon. The improvement consists of a linkage which is activated by the pulling of a handle away from the stanchion during the operation of raising it from a resting position to an ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 6968788 | Vehicle carrying rail road car with deck access fittings A rail road car has a deck for carrying wheeled vehicles. The vehicles are loaded from the ground by use of a movable ramp that is positioned next to a separate coupler end of the rail road car. The car has deck access fittings mounted between the trucks near a coll... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6666148 | Vehicle carrying rail road car structure A rail road car has a deck for carrying wheeled vehicles. The car has deck access fittings mounted between the trucks near a collapsible hitch to provide access to the highway trailer landing gear crank, and flush mounted internal bridge plates. The rail ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6533510 | Carrier for a trailer, system thereof using a stacking device, and method thereof A highway trailer carrier has a support base, front and back lift braces attached to the support base, and at least one trailer support attached to the support base for supporting part of the trailer. The support is attachable to the trailer and collapsib... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6338605 | Tractor and system for unloading trailers from railcars A tractor (20) for unloading a trailer (12) from a railcar (14) is disclosed. The tractor (20) comprises a trigger actuator (34) and a bumper (30). The trigger actuator (34) is fixably mounted to the tractor (20) and remains stationary. The bumper (30) of... | 01/15/2002 |
| 5551815 | Stanchion for supporting moving and loading/unloading highway semi-trailers on rail cars A stanchion or hitch for supporting a semi-trailer on a rail car includes a vertical support member having a base end and a top end with a fifth wheel attached to the top end. A base member is attached to the base end of the vertical support member. The b... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5501566 | System for positioning and supporting trailers on railcars In a system for positioning supporting trailers on stanchions of a railroad car, an optical system is provided to allow the operator to monitor the relationship of the tractor, trailer, stanchion and actuators on the tractor. The unique system of stanchio... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5490748 | Reversible rail car stanchion A stanchion for supporting a semi-trailer for transport on a bed of a rail car comprises a generally vertically-oriented support member having a base end and a top end, with a fifth wheel mounted to the top end. A diagonal strut attached to the support me... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5246321 | Railway spine car An improved articulated railway spine car unit for carrying highway truck trailers and/or containers has a center sill which extends substantially the entire length of the car unit. The center sill has end portions with upper surfaces depressed with respe... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5139374 | Trailer sensor for railroad hitch A trailer sensor (83) for use on a retractable railcar trailer hitch (1) is disclosed. The hitch has a hitch head (3) for capturing a kingpin (K) of a trailer (T), a locking mechanism (35) for latching the hitch in its erect position, and a manually opera... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5026229 | Collapsible hitch This invention relates to a low profile collapsible hitch for use in securing a container or a trailer on a transport carrier having a vertical strut assembly having an upper end for supporting a king pin receiving plate and a lower end pivotally secured ... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5017065 | Retractable railcar hitch A retractable trailer hitch (1) for use on an intermodal railcar (C) supports an over-the-road trailer (T) of the railcar when the hitch is in its raised position. The hitch includes a hitch head (3) which is releasably securable to the king pin (K) of th... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4946214 | Container collapsible to form a flat platform structure A collapsible container has a top frame and bottom frame with folding walls having predetermined fold lines therein. The container has a closed position which is a flat platform configuration. In this configuration the walls are folded within the platform... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4825778 | Extensible rail car A rail car is adjustable in length to accommodate the mounting thereon of cargo containers of various lengths and widths, such as the presently employed 20 foot, 40 foot, 45 foot and 48 foot lengths and 96 and 102 inch widths. Length adjustment is effecte... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4671714 | System for transporting semi-trailers on two interconnected vehicles A system for transporting a semi-trailer with a king pin and a wheel assembly on first and second drawn vehicles includes a stanchion on the first vehicle for releasably securing the trailer king pin. Ramp assemblies are provided on the vehicles and are e... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4653966 | Drop-deck intermodal bogie A system for moving receptacles such as highway semi-trailers on railway trains. The system includes a plurality of rail bogies as the sole support of adjacent rear and front ends of the trailers and as the sole connection means between the trailers, to f... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4573843 | Hitch mounting means Pivot mounts for enabling pivotal attachment of support struts of a fifth wheel hitch assembly to the deck of a raiway car are provided with a fabricated inverted U shaped torque box or beam fixed transversely between upright pivot mount plates of the cen... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4557647 | Multiplanar support beam for hitch pivot mount A rear pivot mount assembly for a fifth wheel hitch assembly for railway cars has a multiplanar support beam which coacts with a transverse support plate to tie together and rigidify the components of the pivot mount. The multiplanar support beam and tran... | 12/10/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4497259 | Convertible freight car A convertible freight car operable as a flatbed car for receiving items such as lumber and the like or as a bulk storage freight car for bulk items such as grain or the like. The freight car is converted from the flatbed car to the bulk storage freight ca... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4386880 | Trailer transporting rail-way car A railway transport vehicle including a single load carrying beam having a novel coupling mechanism provided at each end and with one end including a rail truck and hydraulic lifters for lifting that end of the beam from a lowered position to a trailer ax... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4287692 | Safety apparatus for a mining machine Safety apparatus for a mining machine having a gathering head for gathering product (e.g., coal) in a mine, a conveyor system which extends rearwardly along the machine from the gathering head for conveying the product rearwardly for discharge at the rear... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4264250 | Crane operated railway trailer hitch In accordance with the present invention, a trailer hitch is provided including a vertical strut and a diagonal strut which support a hitch head or fifth wheel adapted to engage the kingpin of a highway trailer. Removable pins are provided at the base of ... | 04/28/1981 |
