US Patent Issued to Gunderson on April 29 for "Railcar for transport of steel coils with removable bi-level roof" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,140, issued on April 29, was assigned to Gunderson LLC (Lake Oswego, Ore.).

"Railcar for transport of steel coils with removable bi-level roof" was invented by Glenn A. Sandheinrich (Weldon Spring, Mo.) and Justin Dobsch (St. Charles, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A railcar for transporting one or more steel coils. In various embodiments, the railcar includes a front truck assembly, a rear truck assembly, a center sill assembly including a center sill operably supported by the front and rear truck assemblies, and first and second side walls supported by and substantially coupled to the center sill assembly such that the first and...