Patent ID: 9604656
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B60P,B61D

Claim:
1. A wheel chock storage apparatus comprising: a flat base sheet made of metal having a generally rectangular or square configuration and having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge and a second side edge, and further having a first portion disposed at the first side edge of the flat base sheet and extending from the top edge to the bottom edge of the flat base sheet, a second portion disposed at the second side edge of the flat base sheet, and a central portion between the first portion and the second portion, the first portion, the second portion and the central portion formed from a continuous sheet of metal, wherein the first portion extends roughly perpendicularly from the central portion forming a first leg and wherein the second portion extends roughly perpendicularly from the central portion forming a second leg on the first and second sides, respectively, of the flat base sheet; a plurality of apertures configured centrally and running from top to bottom of the base sheet; one or more connection means for connecting the base sheet to an auto-rack railcar wall; and a plurality of horizontally-disposed rods welded to the first and the second legs running laterally across the base sheet from the first leg to the second leg.