Patent ID: 8033768
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: B60P,B61D

Abstract:
1. A railroad car coil restraint for a transverse railroad coil car having a trough, said trough including a front wall and a back wall and configured to hold a coil, said railroad car coil restraint comprising: (a) an elongated bottom wall configured to be attached to one of the front wall and back wall of the trough; (b) an elongated top wall spaced-apart from the bottom wall; and (c) a plurality of elongated spaced-apart independently flexible compression members attached directly to and extending between the bottom wall and the top wall, said bottom wall, said top wall and said compression members configured such that when said railroad car coil restraint is mounted in the trough and the coil is positioned in the trough on the top wall, the coil compresses certain portions of the compression members and does not compress other portions of the compression members, and at least certain of said other portions of the compression members prevent sideways shifting of the coil by causing engagement of opposite sides of the coil.