Patent ID: 8403235

Claim:
A leveling joint connector bar for connecting adjoining end portions of rails in a track structure having different profiles, the end portions of the rails being connected having vertical flat surfaces formed on their respective web portions and further having horizontal flat surfaces formed on sloped upper surfaces of their base portions, the leveling joint connector bar comprising: an elongate joint body to span the adjoining end portions of the rails to be joined and having a number of connector holes formed therein aligned with connector holes in web portions of the adjoining end portions of the rails to be joined; an engaging shoulder member formed with and extending along the length of the joint body, the engaging shoulder member having a number of connector holes formed therein aligned with the connector holes in the joint body and the connector holes in web portions of the adjoining end portions of the rails to be joined; the engaging shoulder member having an inwardly extending portion having a flat vertical contact surface thereon for engaging the flat vertical surfaces formed on the web portions of the adjoining end portions of the rails to be joined; the joint body being located outwardly of engaging shoulder member and adapted to be fitted between the head and base portions of the adjoining end portions of the rails to be joined; the joint body having a downwardly extending contact rib member formed along its length; the contact rib member having a horizontal contact surface formed thereon for engaging with the corresponding horizontal flat surfaces formed on the sloped surface of a base portion of the adjoining end portions of the rails to be joined.