Patent ID: 8277155

Claim:
A railroad car coil restraint for a transverse railroad coil car having a trough, said trough including a front wall and a back wall, said front wall and back wall configured to hold a coil positioned in the trough, said railroad car coil restraint comprising: (a) a bottom wall configured to be attached to one of the front and back walls of the trough; (b) a top wall spaced apart from the bottom wall; and (c) a plurality of spaced-apart independently flexible compression members each attached directly to and extending between the bottom wall and the top wall, said bottom wall, said top wall, and said compression members configured (i) 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 the compression members under the top wall, and (ii) such that when said railroad car coil restraint is mounted in the trough and the coil is positioned in the trough adjacent to the top wall, the compression members under the top wall prevent sideways shifting of the coil by causing engagement of one of opposite sides of the coil.