Patents by Inventor Robert J. Mish

Robert J. Mish has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Railway car tilting deck lock
    Patent number: 4149472
    Abstract: A railway car comprises a plurality of vertically disposed decks above the floor of the car. The first deck includes a rigid deck section having at opposite ends thereof hinged deck sections which may be moveable from a load carrying position upwardly to a raised position to facilitate loading of the car floor. The hinged deck sections are provided with counterbalancing means and a lock is provided for locking the sections either in the raised or lowered positions whereupon vehicles may be driven onto the deck sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1979
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventors: David G. Naves, Herman A. Aquino, Robert J. Mish
  • Railway car counterbalanced tilting deck
    Patent number: 4119042
    Abstract: A vehicle carrying railway car comprises a plurality of vertically spaced decks, at least one of which consists of a rigid central section and at opposite ends hinged deck sections that are adapted to be raised for facilitating the loading of vehicles onto the car. The raised deck sections are counterbalanced by a biasing assembly and may be locked in raised or lowered positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1978
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventors: David G. Naves, Herman A. Aquino, Robert J. Mish