Patent ID: 9625060
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B60T,B61G,B61H,F16L

Claim:
1. A railway car air brake hose support bracket adapted to suspend a railway air brake hose assembly from a railway car coupler, the air brake hose support bracket comprising: a lower portion that has a grasping feature inward of the railway car with respect to the coupler; an upper portion that includes a first wall and a second wall, each first wall and second wall being upstanding with respect to the lower portion of the bracket; the first wall has a first attachment member that connects to a coupler housing beneath a railway car coupler head; the second wall has a second attachment member that connects to an air brake hose support lug of the railway car coupler head, the first attachment member and the second attachment member being laterally spaced from and positioned with respect to each other into a wrap-around configuration; the wrap-around configuration substantially aligns the first attachment member with the compartment of the coupler housing and substantially aligns the second attachment member with the air brake hose support lug; and an air hose connector that is adapted and structured to engage with an air brake hose assembly, the grasping feature securely engaging the air hose connector to the lower portion, whereby the air brake hose support bracket suspends the air brake hose assembly from the railway car coupler.