Freight car construction

Claim 1

A RAILWAY FLAT CAR FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF LUMBER AND THE LIKE COMPRISING: (A) A WHEEL FRAME STRUCTURE; (B) A PAIR OF BULKHEADS EXTENDING VERTICALLY UPWARDLY ADJACENT END PORTIONS OF SAID FRAME STRUCTURE, (C) A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING BEAM WHICH IS T-SHAPED IN CROSS SECTION SECURED AT ITS ENDS TO UPPER END PORTIONS OF SAID BULKHEADS, (D) A PLURALITY OF VERTICALLY EXTENDING RELATIVELY SPACED LEG MEMBERS WHICH ARE T-SHAPED IN CROSS SECTION AND EACH SAID LEG MEMBER HAVING A LOAD BEARING SIDE FLANGE DISPOSED IN A COMMON PLANE WITH RESPECT TO THE LONGITUDINAL SIDE OF SAID FRAME STRUCTURE EACH OF SAID LEG MEMBERS BEING CONNECTED AT ITS UPPER END TO SAID BEAM AND AT ITS LOWER END TO SAID FRAME STRUCTURE INWARDLY OF THE SID EDGE, (E) AN ANCHOR MEMBER SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON THE LOAD BEARING SIDE FLANGE OF EACH LEG MEMBER FOR VERTICAL ADJUSTMENT THEREALONG, (F) A FLEXIBLE TIE ELEMENT CONNECTED AT ONE END TO EACH ANCHOR MEMBER AND AT ITS OPPOSITE END TO THE LONGITUDINAL SIDE EDGE PORTION OF SAID FRAME STRUCTURE OUTWARDLY SPACED FROM SAID ANCHOR AND ITS CONNECTED LEG MEMBER, AND (G) MEANS FOR ADJUSTING AND SECURING THE EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF SAID TIE MEMBER OVER A LOAD ON SAID FRAME STRUCTURE, WHEREBY LOADS DIFFERING IN HEIGHT AND WIDTH MAY BE SUPPORTED IN END RELATION ALONG SAID FRAME STRUCTURE AND SECURELY BOUND TO THE LOAD BEARING SIDE FLANGES OF SAID LEGS.