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Improved lightweight and ultra-lightweight portable derails

CA 2270458 C · Owner: Pease, Ronald · Inventors: Pease, Ronald; Hertel, Kevin

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Improved lightweight and ultra-lightweight portable derails are disclosed. 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 very lightweight and portable so a workman can easily 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.

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  • Filed April 30, 1999 and granted July 23, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 30, 2019.
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FiledApril 30, 1999
GrantedJuly 23, 2002
Term endedApril 30, 2019
Patent numberCA 2270458 C
Classification (IPC)B61K5/06

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