Dock Leveler With Reduced Face Plate
AssigneeOverhead Door Corporation
InventorsDor Gamliel, Keith T. Kee
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Abstract
A dock leveler comprises a face plate and a pivot anchor. The face plate is disposed to abut against a wall of a dock. The pivot anchor projects laterally away from the face plate, The pivot anchor has a pivot hole configured to receive a pivot pin of the dock leveler. The pivot anchor comprises a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion is configured to abut against the face plate and having at least one protrusion configured to couple with at least one hole in the face plate of the dock leveler. The bottom portion is disposed below the face plate and has a support surface configured to contact a wall of a dock.
Claims20
A dock leveler comprising:
- a face plate disposed to abut against a wall of a dock;
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- a pivot anchor projecting laterally away from the face plate, the pivot anchor having a pivot hole configured to receive a pivot pin of the dock leveler, the pivot anchor comprising:
- a top portion configured to abut against the face plate, the top portion having at least one protrusion configured to couple with at least one hole in the face plate of the dock leveler, and
- a bottom portion disposed below the face plate and having a support surface configured to contact a wall of a dock.
A dock leveler comprising:
- a face plate disposed to abut against a wall of a dock;
- a pivot anchor comprising:
- a first body projecting laterally away from the face plate, the first body having a first hole configured to anchor a pivotable member of the dock leveler, the first body comprising:
- a first top portion extending from the face plate;
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- a first bottom portion disposed below the face plate and having a first support surface configured to contact the wall of a dock, wherein a first bottom edge of the first bottom portion is positionable lower on the wall of the dock than a bottom edge of the face plate.
A pivot anchor comprising:
- at least one body configured to project laterally away from a face plate of a dock leveler and having a hole configured to receive a pivot pin of the dock leveler, the at least one body comprising:
- a top portion configured to abut against the face plate, the top portion having at least one protrusion configured to couple with at least one hole in a face plate of the dock leveler, and
- a bottom portion disposed below the face plate and having a support surface configured to contact a wall of a dock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.