US 12,460,355 B1
Railroad spike stabilizer for railroad and construction applications
Peter J. Bartek, Lynchburg, VA (US); Charlie Preston, Lynchburg, VA (US); Kevin Pugh, Lynchburg, VA (US); and Peter M. Bartek, Ledgewood, NJ (US)
Assigned to FTS Tools, LLC, Ledgewood, NJ (US)
Filed by FTS Tools, LLC, Ledgewood, NJ (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/245,737.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/747,542, filed on Jan. 21, 2025.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/740,086, filed on Dec. 30, 2024.
Int. Cl. E01B 9/12 (2006.01); E01B 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC E01B 9/12 (2013.01) [E01B 9/16 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spike stabilizer for use with a railroad spike and a railroad tie plate and a railroad tie plate hole, comprising:
a body having a hollow, square-based prism shape including four outer walls defining an internal cavity configured to conform to the railroad spike and extending from a top surface of the body to a bottom surface of the body, wherein the body exhibits a tapered geometry from the top surface to the bottom surface;
the internal cavity being open at the top surface of the body, having a rectangular or square cross-section that tapers inward;
a plurality of legs extending from the bottom surface of the body, each leg comprising segmented leg segments configured to compress inward and expand outward to engage the railroad tie plate hole; and
at least one clip extending outward from a base of one or more leg segments, the clip configured to engage an underside of the railroad tie plate or inner edges of the railroad tie plate hole.