Portable Patents (Class 246/207)
  • Portable automatic train trip cock tripper
    Patent number: 8061662
    Abstract: A portable trip cock tripper for use with a train having a trip cock mounted thereon, such trip cock tripper being manually positionable in desired locations adjacent to a track rail and remotely operated for movement of its tripper arm from a trip cock engaging position to a non-trip cock contacting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Inventor: Peter M. Bartek
  • Interactive toy train
    Patent number: 6059237
    Abstract: A toy train system has movable and removable trigger devices to be located by a user wherever selected on the toy train track. The train locomotive includes the ability to activate a sound and a light signal which can correspond to the sound. The train locomotive is capable of manipulating and changing the speed of the train over the track. The track can have an ascending and descending tracks and curves, and the tracks have ridges for engaging the locomotive, and can be set up by a user as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Silverlit Toys Manufactory, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kei Fung Choi
  • Two-way safety trip for railway vehicles
    Patent number: 5601259
    Abstract: A two-way safety trip is placed at selected locations along a railway track to demarcate a safety zone within which the travel of a railway vehicle is stopped upon entering the zone and is permitted to continue upon leaving the zone, the safety trip including a bracket for attachment to the track and a trip member selectively mounted upon the bracket in alternate mounting orientations for serving at either boundary of the safety zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: Boda Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony J. DiChiara
  • Portable derail
    Patent number: 4165060
    Abstract: A portable derail for installation on railway track to prevent a railcar or locomotive from passing beyond a fixed point, thereby protecting workmen and equipment against accidents, the derail being lightweight and portable so a workman can carry it from one location to another, and yet being designed to function effectively under severe loading conditions and resist any tendency to slide along the rail when subjected to impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1979
    Assignee: Western-Cullen-Hayes, Inc.
    Inventor: J. Joe Meyer