Patent ID: 6736072
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: B61D

Abstract:
A sliding door for a rail car construction comprising a floor, a side wall along one side of the floor and standing upwardly from the floor and an opening in the side wall, the sliding door comprising:a sliding door member arranged to be mounted on top and bottom rails at the opening extending parallel to a plane of the opening with the door being movable from a closed position at the opening to an open position spaced along the rails from the opening; the door member including a plurality of panel sections and a flexible coupling connecting at least two of the panel sections together so as to permit deflection of the sliding door member at an intersection of said at least two of the panel sections between a relaxed position and a flexed position in which the intersection is deflected in a direction transversely to the plane of the opening in relation to the relaxed position; the panel sections being connected at the flexible coupling using threaded fasteners such that the panel sections are selectively separable from one another.