US 12,005,937 B2
Configurable railroad car
James A. Warwick, North Richland Hills, TX (US); Daniel J. Schuller, North Richland Hills, TX (US); and Peter L. Jones, Southlake, TX (US)
Assigned to Gunderson LLC, Lake Oswego, OR (US)
Filed by Gunderson LLC, Portland, OR (US)
Filed on Feb. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/168,723.
Prior Publication US 2022/0250659 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. B61D 3/16 (2006.01); B61D 45/00 (2006.01)
CPC B61D 3/16 (2013.01) [B61D 45/001 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A railroad car comprising:
a frame;
a floor connected to and supported by the frame;
a plurality of multi-orientation coil/slab supports each having a same shape and configuration and positionable in: (a) coil supporting positions and coil supporting orientations on the floor to support at least one coil, and (b) slab supporting positions and slab supporting orientations on the floor positions to support at least one elongated slab, wherein for each of the multi-orientation coil/slab supports, the coil supporting orientation is different than the slab supporting orientation; and
a plurality of support securements configured to selectively restrain: (a) the plurality of multi-orientation coil/slab supports in the coil supporting positions and the coil supporting orientations on the floor, and (b) the plurality of multi-orientation coil/slab supports in the slab supporting positions and the slab supporting orientations on the floor.