Railroad tie

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a railroad tie showing the new design;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof, rotated 90.degree.;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side view thereof, the opposite side being identical;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is an end view thereof, the opposite end being identical.

The broken away symbols in the drawings indicate the appearance of any portion of the article between the break lines forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a railroad tie, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Click; Gary (Birmingham, AL), Moore; Matt (St. Louis, MO), Duffner; Brent (Birmingham, AL), Smith; Bradley (Birmingham, AL), Cameron; Derek (Birmingham, AL)
Applicant:	Name City State Country Type voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc. Cheyenne WY US
Assignee:	voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc. (Cheyenne, WY)
Appl. No.:	D/698,221
Filed:	July 15, 2019

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Current U.S. Class:	D12/51
Current International Class:	1203
Field of Search:	;D1/100 ;D12/1,16.1,26-37,40,42,48,51 ;D15/199 ;D18/56 ;D21/484-485 ;D25/113-116,118 ;D28/8.1 ;D32/40 ;D34/12,23,28,34 ;D8/330-336,343-345,349,394,396 ;70/2,4,7,14,18-19,27,51,72-75,225-229

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Evertrak A Revolutionary Product, www.evertrak.com [online]. Published on or before Jun. 27, 2020, [retrieved on Jun. 27, 2020]. Retrieved from the Internet: <URL:https://www.evertrak.com/> (Year: 2020). cited by examiner.

Primary Examiner: Pratt; Michael A.
Assistant Examiner: Mager; Adam C
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Lowe Graham Jones PLLC

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