Folding pedestal for railway cars

Claim 1

A RAILWAY CAR OF THE LOW SIDE AND FLAT DECK VARIETY INCLUDING PEDESTAL SUPPORT MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID DECK FOR USE IN HAULING A VEHICLE, SAID PEDESTAL SUPPORT MEANS INCLUDING A VEHICLE PEDESTAL COVER PLATE ADAPTED TO SUPPORT THE END OF THE VEHICLE IN AN ELEVATED POSITION, A FIRST END LEG ASSEMBLY PIVOTALLY JOINED AT OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF WITH SAID DECK PORTION AND ONE END OF SAID PEDESTAL COVER PLATE, A SECOND END LEG ASSEMBLY PIVOTALLY ATTACHED AT OPPOSITE ENDS WITH SAID DECK PORTION AND THE OTHER END OF SAID COVER PLATE, SAID LEG ASSEMBLIES AND COVER PLATE FORMING GENERALLY AN UPRIGHT PIVOTAL STRUCTURE EXTENDING ABOVE THE DECK IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION TO SUPPORT THE ELEVATED END OF THE VEHICLE ON THE PEDESTAL SUPPORT MEANS WHILE THE OTHER END OF THE VEHICLE RESTS ON THE DECK AND SWINGABLE SUBSTANTIALLY TO A FLAT FOLDED POSITION AGAINST THE DECK, DIAGONAL BRACE MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE COVER PLATE AND EXTENDING DIAGONALLY DOWNWARD TO SAID DECK PORTION, RELEASABLE LOCKING MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID DIAGONAL BRACE MEANS TO MAINTAIN SAID PEDESTAL COVER PLATE IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION AND RAMP MEANS MOUNTED ON THE DECK AND ADJACENT SAID PEDESTAL SUPPORT MEANS AND HAVING SUPPORT SURFACE MEANS FOR RECEIVING THE VEHICLE THEREOVER, SAID SURFACE MEANS LYING GENERALLY IN A PLANE TO ACCOMMODATE TRAVEL OF THE VEHICLE BETWEEN THE DECK AND THE RAMP MEANS AND THE COVER PLATE IN THE FLAT FOLDED POSITION OF THE PEDESTAL SUPPORT MEANS, SAID RAMP MEANS INCLUDING A FOLDING RAMP ASSEMBLY MOUNTED ON THE DECK AT ONE SIDE OF THE PEDESTAL SUPPORT MEANS AND COVERING SAID RELEASABLE LOCKING MEANS IN THE FLAT FOLDED POSITION AND A FIXED RAMP ASSEMBLY MOUNTED ON THE DECK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PEDESTAL SUPPORT MEANS TO PERMIT VEHICLES TO DRIVE OVER SAID PEDESTAL SUPPORT MEANS WHEN SAID SUPPORT MEANS IS IN THE FLAT FOLDED POSITION.