Railroad car brake beam wear plate having one or more tapered walls
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the railroad brake beam wear plate having a tapered wall of my new design, that portion of the wear plate shown in phantom is not part of the design sought to be patented and is provided for environmental purposes only;
FIG. 2 is an end view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having a tapered wall of my new design illustrated in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a right side view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having a tapered wall of my new design illustrated in FIG. 1, the left side being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having a tapered wall of my new design illustrated in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having a tapered wall of my new design illustrated in FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the railroad brake beam wear plate having tapered walls of my new design, that portion of the wear plate shown in phantom is not part of the design sought to be patented and is provided for environmental purposes only;
FIG. 7 is an end view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having tapered walls of my new design illustrated in FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having tapered walls of my new design illustrated in FIG. 6;
FIG. 9 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the railroad brake beam wear plate having a tapered wall of my new design, that portion of the wear plate shown in phantom is not part of the design sought to be patented and is provided for environmental purposes only;
FIG. 10 is an end view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having a tapered wall of my new design illustrated in FIG. 9;
FIG. 11 is a top plan view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having a tapered wall of my new design illustrated in FIG. 9;
FIG. 12 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the railroad brake beam wear plate having tapered walls of my new design, that portion of the wear plate shown in phantom is not part of the design sought to be patented and is provided for environmental purposes only;
FIG. 13 is an end view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having tapered walls of my new design illustrated in FIG. 12;
FIG. 14 is a top plan view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having tapered walls of my new design illustrated in FIG. 12;
FIG. 15 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the railroad brake beam wear plate having a tapered wall of my new design, that portion of the wear plate shown in phantom is not part of the design sought to be patented and is provided for environmental purposes only;
FIG. 16 is an end view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having a tapered wall of my new design illustrated in FIG. 15;
FIG. 17 is a right side view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having a tapered wall of my new design illustrated in FIG. 15, the left side being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 18 is a top plan view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having a tapered wall of my new design illustrated in FIG. 15;
FIG. 19 is a bottom plan view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having a tapered wall of my new design illustrated in FIG. 15;
FIG. 20 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the railroad brake beam wear plate having tapered walls of my new design, that portion of the wear plate shown in phantom is not part of the design sought to be patented and is provided for environmental purposes only;
FIG. 21 is an end view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having tapered walls of my new design illustrated in FIG. 20;
FIG. 22 is a top plan view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having tapered walls of my new design illustrated in FIG. 20;
FIG. 23 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the railroad brake beam wear plate having a tapered wall of my new design, that portion of the wear plate shown in phantom is not part of the design sought to be patented and is provided for environmental purposes only;
FIG. 24 is an end view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having a tapered wall of my new design illustrated in FIG. 23;
FIG. 25 is a top plan view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having a tapered wall of my new design illustrated in FIG. 23;
FIG. 26 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the railroad brake beam wear plate having tapered walls of my new design, that portion of the wear plate shown in phantom is not part of the design sought to be patented and is provided for environmental purposes only;
FIG. 27 is an end view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having tapered walls of my new design illustrated in FIG. 26; and,
FIG. 28 is a top plan view of the railroad car brake beam wear plate having tapered walls of my new design illustrated in FIG. 26.
Claims
The ornamental design for railroad car brake beam wear plate having one or more tapered walls, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 16, 2003
Date of Patent: Nov 2, 2004
Assignee: ZefTek, Inc. (Montgomery, IL)
Inventor: John D. Anderson (Aurora, IL)
Primary Examiner: Nelson C. Holtje
Attorney, Agent or Law Firm: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC
Application Number: 29/174,461