US 11,698,151 B2
Methods and systems for a hose hanger apparatus
Stephen Hankinson, Mars, PA (US); and Joe Steltzer, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/451,806.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/178,981, filed on Apr. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0341511 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. F16L 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 3/14 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rail hose hanger comprising:
an elastomeric support configured to be connectable at a first end to a coupler of a railroad car and at a second end to a glad hand of an air hose of the railroad car, the elastomeric support being a high strength elastomer material with a material property tensile strength greater than 4 kilopound per square inch (KSI), wherein the elastomeric support is configured to support the air hose of the railroad car when so connected; and
an attachment clip, wherein the high strength elastomer material is connected to the attachment clip, a carabiner assembly, and a carabiner assembly connector connected to the high strength elastomer material and the carabiner assembly, wherein the elastic support includes: a first section, a second section integrally connected to the first section, and a third section integrally connected to the second section, and wherein the elastic support is uniform in width,
wherein the carabiner assembly connector includes an elongated flexible member.