Patent ID: 6325300
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: E01B

Abstract:
A retaining device retaining a rail flange of a rail relative to a plate form member comprising:(A) a shoulder having a body portion, a hook-in leg portion and a bearing portion, said shoulder in an installation position, wherein the body portion is inclined relative to said plate form member, having said hook-in leg portion insertable through an aperture in said plate form member, and said shoulder being pivotable from said installation position to an erected position, wherein the hook-in leg portion engages an underside of said plate form member and said bearing portion engages on an upper side of said plate form member; and wherein said shoulder is provided with an arm extending transversely of said body portion and extending above and bearing toward said rail flange, a side surface disposed on a side of said body portion below the arm, and opposite end surfaces on said arm facing generally longitudinally of said rail; and(B) a clip member located relative to the shoulder by engagement therewith and comprising first and second upper limbs said first upper limb engaging one of said end surfaces on said arm, and said second upper limb snapfitting over the other of said end surfaces on said arm, and a lower limb inserted between said side surface of said body portion and said rail flange and retaining said shoulder in said erected position and preventing rotation of said shoulder about a vertical axis.