Dock leveler with shimless pivot boss
AssigneeOverhead Door Corporation
InventorsDor Gamliel, Jared W. Eller
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Abstract
A dock leveler for a loading dock. In some embodiments, the dock leveler may include a plurality of legs, a horizontally extending lower bracket coupled to a bottom region of each leg of the plurality of legs, a horizontally extending upper bracket coupled to an upper region of each leg of the plurality of legs, and a pivot boss coupled to the lower bracket. The pivot boss may include a first mounting plate coupled to the adjustment bracket and a first hole and a pivot rod for pivotable attachment to at least one of a lower arm and an upper arm of a lift arm assembly.
Claims20
A dock leveler, comprising:
- a plurality of legs;
- a horizontally extending bracket coupled to a bottom region of each leg of the plurality of legs;
- and
- a pivot boss coupled to the bracket, the pivot boss comprising:
- a first mounting plate coupled to the bracket, wherein the first mounting plate comprises a first hole;
- a second mounting plate laterally spaced from the first mounting plate and coupled to the bracket, wherein the second mounting plate comprises a second hole;
- and
- a pivot rod disposed within the first hole and the second hole and extending through the space between the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate.
A dock leveler for a loading dock, comprising:
- a plurality of legs;
- a horizontally extending lower bracket coupled to a bottom region of each leg of the plurality of legs;
- a horizontally extending upper bracket coupled to an upper region of each leg of the plurality of legs;
- a pivot boss coupled to the lower bracket, the pivot boss comprising:
- a first mounting plate coupled to the lower bracket, wherein the first mounting plate comprises a first hole;
- a pivot rod for pivotable attachment to a lift assembly.
A dock leveler for a loading dock, comprising:
- a leg bracket assembly couplable to a back wall of the dock, the leg bracket assembly comprising:
- a plurality of legs;
- a deck hinge bracket coupled to a top portion of each leg of the plurality of legs;
- a deck hinge shaft coupled to the deck hinge bracket;
- an adjustment bracket coupled to a bottom portion of each leg of the plurality of legs;
- a pivot boss coupled to the adjustment bracket, the pivot boss comprising:
- a first mounting plate coupled to the adjustment bracket, wherein the first mounting plate comprises a first hole;
- a rod disposed within the first hole of the first mounting plate;
- a deck rotatably coupled to the deck hinge shaft of the leg bracket assembly;
- a lift assembly rotatably coupled to the pivot boss and rotatably coupled to a bottom of the deck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.