Jackstand for automated trailer loading dock
AssigneeOutrider Technologies, Inc.
InventorsAndrew F. Smith, Martin Edward Sotola, Peter James, Lawrence S. Klein, Matthew Steven Johannes, Jonathan Record, Garold McKinney
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Abstract
Automated jackstand systems and methods deploy a jackstand to support a front end of a trailer parked at an automated loading dock. The jackstand prevents collapse of the trailer's landing gear and prevents upending of the trailer during loading and unloading. Advantageously, by deploying the jackstand automatically, presence of personnel in the yard where tractors and trailers are moving is not required.
Claims20
An automated jackstand system for supporting a trailer parked at a loading dock, comprising:
- a jack pad;
- a vertically extendable component coupling at a first end with the jack pad, the vertically extendable component at least partially embedded into the ground;
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- a controller for remotely extending the vertically extendable component to press the jack pad against a lower surface of a front end of the trailer.
An automated jackstand system for supporting a trailer parked at a loading dock, comprising:
- a jack pad;
- a vertically extendable component coupling at a first end with the jack pad;
- a track aligned with a length of the trailer and positioned centrally within a trailer parking area of the loading dock;
- a baseplate having a plurality of wheels aligned with the track, the baseplate supporting the vertically extendable component;
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- a controller for remotely extending the vertically extendable component to press the jack pad against a lower surface of a front end of the trailer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.