IP Library Granted Patent US 8,419,326
Granted Patent B2
US 8,419,326 · App. 13/152,541 · Granted Apr 16, 2013

Auto-rack railroad car vehicle wheel chock

Inventors: John D. Anderson (Oswego, IL); Walter J. Peach (Montgomery, IL); Michael K. Burke (Wheaton, IL)
Assignee: Standard Car Truck Company
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,419,326
App. No.
13/152,541
Granted
Apr 16, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle wheel chock for a vehicle restraint system for an auto-rack railroad car which secures a vehicle in the auto-rack railroad car. The vehicle wheel chock is configured to be positioned on a grating adjacent to a tire of the vehicle.

Claims (19)

1. A vehicle wheel chock locking assembly handle for a locking assembly of a vehicle wheel chock, said vehicle wheel chock locking assembly handle comprising:

a grasp;

an actuation arm attached to the grasp;

an actuation hand attached to the actuation arm, the actuation hand defining a locking pin opening configured such that a locking pin of the locking assembly can extend through said locking pin opening, the actuation hand further defining a pair of aligned roll pin openings configured such that a roll pin of the locking assembly can extend through said roll pin openings and through said locking pin; and

a pivot finger attached to the actuation hand, said pivot finger including a pivot pin configured to be received in a pivot hole in a locking member of the locking assembly.

2. The vehicle wheel chock locking assembly handle of claim 1 , wherein the locking pin opening extends in a first direction through the actuation hand and the roll pin openings each extend in a second direction through the actuation hand, said second direction being transverse to said first direction.

3. The vehicle wheel chock locking assembly handle of claim 1 , wherein each roll pin opening is oval.

4. The vehicle wheel chock locking assembly handle of claim 1 , wherein the grasp, the actuation arm, the actuation hand, and the pivot finger are integrally formed.

5. The vehicle wheel chock locking assembly handle of claim 1 , wherein the actuation hand includes a first wall and a second wall spaced apart from the first wall, said first wall and said second wall partially defining the locking pin opening, and wherein one of the roll pin openings is in the first wall and the other roll pin opening is in the second wall.

6. A vehicle wheel chock locking assembly handle for a locking assembly of a vehicle wheel chock, said vehicle wheel chock locking assembly handle comprising:

a grasp;

an actuation arm attached to the grasp;

an actuation hand attached to the actuation arm, the actuation hand defining a locking pin opening configured such that a locking pin of the locking assembly can extend through said locking pin opening, the actuation hand further defining at least one roll pin opening configured such that a roll pin of the locking assembly can extend through said roll pin opening and through said locking pin; and

a pivot finger attached to the actuation hand.

7. The vehicle wheel chock locking assembly handle of claim 6 , wherein the locking pin opening extends in a first direction through the actuation hand and the at least one roll pin opening extends in a second direction through the actuation hand, said second direction being transverse to said first direction.

8. The vehicle wheel chock locking assembly handle of claim 6 , wherein each roll pin opening is oval.

9. The vehicle wheel chock locking assembly handle of claim 6 , wherein the grasp, the actuation arm, the actuation hand, and the pivot finger are integrally formed.

10. The vehicle wheel chock locking assembly handle of claim 6 , wherein the actuation hand includes a first wall partially defining the locking pin opening, and wherein the at one roll pin opening is in the first wall.

11. The vehicle wheel chock locking assembly handle of claim 6 , wherein the pivot finger includes a pivot pin configured to be received in a pivot hole in a locking member of the locking assembly.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2022
From: STANDARD CAR TRUCK COMPANY
To: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 059725/0207 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2011
From: ANDERSON, JOHN D.; PEACH, WALTER J.; BURKE, MICHAEL K.
To: STANDARD CAR TRUCK COMPANY
Reel/Frame 026427/0630 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 12048402 · Mar 14, 2008
Provisional Application 60939277 · May 21, 2007
Provisional Application 60896625 · Mar 23, 2007
Related Publication 20110236149A1 · Sep 29, 2011