US 12,409,871 B2
Methods and systems for 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 Mar. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/186,036.
Application 18/186,036 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/451,806, filed on Oct. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,698,151.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/178,981, filed on Apr. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0227080 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B61G 5/08 (2006.01); F16L 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B61G 5/08 (2013.01) [F16L 3/003 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rail hose hanger comprising:
an elastic 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 elastic support being a high strength elastomer material with a material property tensile strength greater than 5.980 kilopound per square inch (KSI) and a material property elongation percent at break of greater than 640, wherein the elastic 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.