Patent ID: 6491485
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: B61D

Abstract:
A retaining system for securing a structure on a rail car; said system comprising:at least two retaining devices removably placeable along opposite sides of a rail car; each said retaining device further comprising a base member positionable on an upper surface of the rail car proximate to a longitudinal side of the rail car, and an upwardly extending boss member formed on said base member, said boss member having a shape and size so as to fit into a recess defined in a bottom surface of the structure; and each of said retaining devices also comprising at least one securing device configured to removably secure said retaining device to the rail car such that the structure is sandwiched between said retaining devices and retained on the rail car by engagement of said boss members within respective recesses defined in the bottom surface of the structure, said securing device extending downwardly from said base member and configured so as to overhang the longitudinal side of the rail car and secure said retaining device to a longitudinally extending side member of the rail car.