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US 10,377,587 B2Granted
Trailer stabilizer and restraint
AssigneeStabilock, LLC
InventorThomas Terrance Kimener
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Abstract
A trailer restraining device comprising a portable frame having mounted thereto a tail hook and a king pin receiver that includes at least one of a receiver hydraulic cylinder, a receiver pneumatic cylinder, a receiver electric actuator, and a receiver winch.
Claims20
A method of restraining a parked semi-trailer, the method comprising:
- positioning a semi-trailer restraint underneath the parked semi-trailer;
- tensioning at least a portion of the semi-trailer restraint by concurrently engaging the parked semi-trailer and a fixed position ground anchor at least one of prior to and during moving contents between the parked semi-trailer and a dock facility;
- and,
- discontinuing tension of at least the portion of the semi-trailer restraint without repositioning the parked semi-trailer post moving contents between the parked semi-trailer and the dock facility.
1 more element
A method of verifying stabilization of a parked semi-trailer, the method comprising:
- positioning a semi-trailer stabilizer underneath a forward portion of the parked semi-trailer, and toward a rear end of the parked semi-trailer, while at least two repositionable jacks of the semi-trailer stabilizer are elevated above the ground, where positioning the semi-trailer stabilizer includes positioning each of the at least two repositionable jacks to be located on an opposing side of a longitudinal center plane of the parked semi-trailer;
- manually cranking a handle operatively coupled to the at least two repositionable jacks and causing the at least two repositionable jacks to extend, thereby wedging the semi-trailer stabilizer between the ground and an undersurface of the parked semi-trailer so that the semi-trailer stabilizer bears at least a portion of the weight of the parked semi-trailer, where the handle extends beyond a footprint of the parked semi-trailer, and where wheels associated with the semi-trailer stabilizer are lifted off of the ground when the semi-trailer stabilizer is wedged between the ground and the undersurface of the parked semi-trailer;
- and,
- displaying a camera image, of a relative position of the semi-trailer stabilizer and the parked semi-trailer, on a visual display within an interior of a loading dock adjacent to the parked semi-trailer.
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A method of verifying stabilization of a parked semi-trailer at a loading facility, the method comprising:
- positioning a semi-trailer stabilizer, including at least two repositionable jacks, underneath the parked semi-trailer so that the at least two repositionable jacks bear at least a portion of the weight of the parked semi-trailer before loading or unloading of the parked semi-trailer;
- and,
- displaying, on a visual display within a loading facility, a camera image of a relative position of the semi-trailer stabilizer and the parked semi-trailer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.