# US 10,479,624 B2 · Dock housing

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- Number: US 10,479,624 B2
- Document ID: US10479624B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/478,389
- Filed: 2017-04-04
- Published: 2018-10-04
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2017-04-04
- Applicants: Grant Leum
- Inventors: Grant Leum
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479624B2

## CPC

- B65G 69/287: {Constructional features of deck or surround}
- B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)

## Abstract

An apparatus and related method for a dock housing for a pre-existing loading dock. The dock housing includes a base with top and bottom surfaces and front, back and opposed sidewalls. The front wall has integral fork pockets for interaction with forks on a fork truck for movement of the base into a desired location and the top surface has an opening to receive a dock leveler into such opening. Also included is a modular frame mounted onto the base in sections, the sections including a frame-front wall, opposed frame-sidewalls and a frame-top wall, the frame-front wall having a trailer-receiving opening to receive a trailer, the frame-sidewalls including a slotted-base attachment for securement of the base and sidewalls together. The dock housing is formed by securing the frame-sidewalls to a wall of a pre-existing building as well as securing the base, the frame-front wall and the frame-top wall together.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A dock housing for a loading dock, comprising:
a base including top and bottom surfaces and front, back and opposed sidewalls, the front wall having integral fork pockets for interaction with forks on a fork truck for movement of the base into a desired location, the top surface having an opening to receive a dock leveler into such opening, the base including adjustable front plates which contact a ground surface; and
a modular frame mounted onto the base in sections, said sections including a frame-front wall, opposed frame-sidewalls and a frame-top wall, the frame-front wall having a trailer-receiving opening to receive a trailer, the frame-sidewalls including a slotted-base attachment for securement of the base and sidewalls together, the frame-sidewalls being secured to a wall of a building;
wherein each of the frame-sidewalls are secured to (a) the base, (b) the frame-front wall, and (c) the frame-top wall, thereby assembling the modular frame and dock housing, the dock housing being movable when unsecured from the wall of a building to allow usage at different locations.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The dock housing of claim 1 wherein the frame-sidewalls are bolted to the wall of a building.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The dock housing of claim 1 wherein the top surface can include two openings to receive two dock levelers into the two openings and the frame-front wall includes two trailer-receiving openings.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The dock housing of claim 1 wherein the modular dock housing includes a door for opening and closing the trailer-receiving opening.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The dock housing of claim 1 wherein the base includes a slotted-attachment for connection and securement of the frame-sidewalls to the base.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The dock housing of claim 1 wherein the base and modular frame are removable and able to be transported to different locations.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The dock housing of claim 1 wherein the opening can be configured to receive a variety of dock levelers of different sizes and shapes.