Abstract A boxcar side having a sidewall of single sheathed construction comprising a plurality of vertical sheets connected to and disposed between side posts. The sheets are provided with inwardly pressed panels of rectangular dish-shaped configuration vertically spaced to provide therebetween a plurality of longitudinally extending areas in the original plane of the sheets and horizontally spaced to provide therebetween a plurality of vertically extending areas also in the original plane of the sheets with the several areas intersecting whereby to provide a waffle pattern on the inner side of the sidewalls. The horizontal areas have contained therein anchoring members which extend continuously from each doorpost to respectively opposite ends of the car and to which cargo restraining beams may be connected. The anchoring members are disposed entirely within the areas so as to provide a generally flush inner side with the surface of said panels. The vertical areas are covered with a coverplate providing with said panels a smooth inner surface. The coverplates are apertured to provide access to lading strap anchor bars which are disposed in said vertical areas and which terminate short of said anchoring members.
Inventors
👤 William R Shaver
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-04 14:16
CPC Classifications
B; B61; B61D; B61D17/00; B61D17/04; B61D17/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
245 words
A railroad car comprising: a vertical sidewall, said sidewall having a plurality of vertically extending interconnected side sheets spaced horizontally of one another, each side sheet having a plurality of vertically spaced central dished panel portions on the exterior side thereof and upper and lower horizontally extending outwardly protruding exterior edge portions on the exterior side thereof and first and second vertically extending outwardly protruding exterior edge portions on the exterior side thereof, the inwardly facing wall portions of said dished panel portions forming the inside wall portions and the vertically and horizontally extending edge portions forming on the interior of the car vertically and horizontally extending interior recessed portions at the periphery of the inside wall portions of the car, the dished panel portions of each sheet being in general horizontal alignment with the dished portions of the adjacent panel portions and sidewall plate means interconnecting the vertically and horizontally extending interior recessed portions of adjacent side sheets defining therewith interior continuous horizontal and vertical lading anchor mounting surface portions, the plate means interior surface portion and the inside wall portions providing a generally flat continuous inside wall, exterior vertically extending car mounted side post means mounted over the outside of sidewall plate means and between adjacent dished panel portions, vertically extending lading anchor means being mounted on the interior surface portions of the plate means, and horizontally extending lading anchor means being over the adjacent interconnected vertically and horizontally extending interior recessed portions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
245 words
A railroad car comprising: a vertical sidewall, said sidewall having a plurality of vertically extending interconnected side sheets spaced horizontally of one another, each side sheet having a plurality of vertically spaced central dished panel portions on the exterior side thereof and upper and lower horizontally extending outwardly protruding exterior edge portions on the exterior side thereof and first and second vertically extending outwardly protruding exterior edge portions on the exterior side thereof, the inwardly facing wall portions of said dished panel portions forming the inside wall portions and the vertically and horizontally extending edge portions forming on the interior of the car vertically and horizontally extending interior recessed portions at the periphery of the inside wall portions of the car, the dished panel portions of each sheet being in general horizontal alignment with the dished portions of the adjacent panel portions and sidewall plate means interconnecting the vertically and horizontally extending interior recessed portions of adjacent side sheets defining therewith interior continuous horizontal and vertical lading anchor mounting surface portions, the plate means interior surface portion and the inside wall portions providing a generally flat continuous inside wall, exterior vertically extending car mounted side post means mounted over the outside of sidewall plate means and between adjacent dished panel portions, vertically extending lading anchor means being mounted on the interior surface portions of the plate means, and horizontally extending lading anchor means being over the adjacent interconnected vertically and horizontally extending interior recessed portions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The invention according to claim 1, and interior lading coverplate means extending over the vertically extending lading anchor means on the inside wall between respective vertically spaced dished panel portions of respective sheets.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The invention according to claim 2, and said coverplate means including a cutout portion providing access to the vertically extending lading ancHor means.