Coil skid

Claim 1

A SKID FOR SUPPORTING AND RETAINING COILS ON A RAILWAY FLAT CAR, SAID SKID ADAPTED FOR RELATIVE MOVEMENT LONGITUDINAL OF THE CAR AND HAVING A FRAME OF GENERALLY RECTANGULAR FORM HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY DISPOSED UPSTANDING SIDE MEMBERS, SAID SKID PROVIDED WITH LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED SKID RUNNERS ADAPTED TO EXTEND LONGITUDINALLY OF THE CAR, A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING TIE MEMBERS SECURED TO SAID SKID AND TO SAID SIDE MEMBERS, RECTANGULAR WEB PLATES SEATED ON CERTAIN OF SAID TIE MEMBERS AND DISPOSED IN SPACED RELATION TRANSVERSELY OF THE SKID, A PLURALITY OF L-SHAPED ANGLE MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID ANGLE MEMBERS HAVING A PORTION SECURED TO THE UPPER END OF EACH OF A PAIR OF OPPOSITE SPACED WEB PLATES, SAID ANGLE MEMBERS EACH HAVING A PORTION DESCENDING AT AN ACUTE ANGLE FROM SAID UPPER SECURED PORTION AND HAVING A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED PORTION, A PAIR OF ANGLE MEMBERS COOPERATING TO FORM SAID COIL RECEIVING POCKETS IN SAID SKID TO RECEIVE THE COILS THEREIN WITHOUT ADDITIONAL RESTRAINING MEANS, SAID DESCENDING SURFACES BOTTOMING OPPOSITE CURVED SURFACES OF SAID COILS DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY OF THE SKID IN SAID POCKETS.