Patent ID: 9498732
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: A63H,E01B

Claim Text:
1. An aesthetic insert for use with extant model railroad track having spaced, elongate and parallel first and second rails each having a top surface, the first and second rails having mutually interfacing sides, the extant model railroad track also having a plurality of spaced crossties extending between and at least partially located beneath the attached first and second rails, each of the plurality of crossties having a top surface located between the first and second rails, the sides of the first and second rails having a substantially common height from the top surface of the crosstie to the respective top surfaces of the first and second rails, said insert having an installed position relative to the extant model railroad track between the first and second rails, said insert comprising: an insert element defined by an upper portion adapted to superpose at least a portion of the top surface of a crosstie, said upper portion having an upper surface adapted to simulate the presence and/or appearance of a surface of a crosstie, said upper portion defining an outer edge located proximate the side of the first rail at a first distance below the top surface of the first rail in said installed position, said upper portion defining an inner edge located proximate the side of the second rail at a second distance below the top surface of the second rail in said installed position, said first distance substantially greater than said second distance, whereby the side of the second rail is partially hidden from view by said insert in said installed position.