Dock leveler with stowable lift lever
AssigneeOverhead Door Corporation
InventorsKeith T. Kee, Dor Gamliel
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Abstract
A dock leveler comprises a lift lever operably graspable by a user to lift, lower, and extend the dock leveler. The dock leveler further comprises a lift lever retainer having an opening shaped and sized to slidably receive the lift lever. The lift lever comprises a top portion including a handle graspable by a user, a middle portion adjacent the top portion, and a bottom portion adjacent the middle portion, the bottom portion engageable with the lift lever retainer when lifting, lowering, or extending the dock leveler. The lift lever further comprises a stopper disposed on the middle portion or on the top portion. A combined width of the lift lever and the stopper is greater than a width of the opening of the lift lever retainer.
Claims19
A dock leveler comprising:
- a lift lever operably graspable by a user to lift, lower, and extend the dock leveler;
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- a lift lever retainer having an opening shaped and sized to slidably receive the lift lever, the lift lever comprising:
- a top portion including a handle graspable by the user;
- a middle portion adjacent the top portion;
- a bottom portion adjacent the middle portion, the bottom portion engageable with the lift lever retainer when lifting, lowering, or extending the dock leveler;
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- a stopper disposed on the middle portion or on the top portion, wherein a combined width of the lift lever and the stopper is greater than a width of the opening of the lift lever retainer, and wherein the lift lever is movable to a stowed position where the lift lever is received in the lift lever retainer and the bottom portion is unengaged from the lift lever retainer.
A dock leveler comprising:
- a selectively stowable lift lever operably graspable by a user to lift, lower, and extend the dock leveler;
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- a lift lever retainer having an opening shaped and sized to slidably receive the lift lever, the lift lever comprising:
- a top portion including a handle graspable by the user;
- a middle portion adjacent from the top portion having a first hole configured to receive a first blocking mechanism to prevent portions of the lift lever above the first hole from sliding downwardly through the opening of the lift lever retainer, wherein the first blocking mechanism is removably coupled to the dock leveler;
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- a bottom portion adjacent the middle portion, the bottom portion engageable with the lift lever retainer when lifting, lowering, and extending the dock leveler.
A dock leveler comprising:
- a lift lever operably graspable by a user to lift, lower, and extend the dock leveler;
- and
- a lift lever retainer having an opening shaped and sized to slidably receive the lift lever, the lift lever comprising:
- a top portion including a handle graspable by the user;
- a middle portion adjacent from the top portion;
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- a bottom portion engageable with the lift lever retainer when lifting, lowering, and extending the dock leveler,
- wherein the lift lever further comprises a stopper, and wherein a combined width of the lift lever and the stopper is greater than a width of the opening of the lift lever retainer, and wherein the lift lever is movable to a stowed position where the lift lever is received in the lift lever retainer and the bottom portion is unengaged from the lift lever retainer or
- wherein the middle portion has a hole configured to receive a blocking mechanism to prevent portions of the lift lever above the hole from sliding downwardly through the opening of the lift lever retainer, wherein the hole is configured to removably couple the blocking mechanism to the dock leveler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.