Patent ID: 7694633

Claim:
An anti-climbing device ( 2 ) for railway carriages which is fixed at least at one end of a carriage at a defined height and extends over at least part of the carriage width, characterized in that, for cooperation with a front portion ( 4 ′) of an anti-climbing device ( 2 ′) of another carriage in a rear-end collision situation, a central cutout ( 5 ), which is open toward the bottom and bounded by a guard surface ( 6 ) toward the top, and two centering surfaces ( 8 ) laterally bounding said cutout ( 5 ) is provided beneath a projecting central front portion ( 4 ), a substantially horizontal fixing surface ( 9 ) adjoining the lower end of each centering surface ( 8 ) and that the centering surfaces ( 8 ) converge inward at an incline with respect to the vertical center plane (ε) of the carriage.