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US 2024/0409340 A1Published application
Dock Leveler With Reinforced Lip Plate
AssigneeOverhead Door Corporation
InventorsDor Gamliel, Keith T. Kee
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Abstract
A dock leveler comprises a deck plate and a lip assembly hingedly connected to the deck plate. The lip assembly comprises a lip plate and a lip subplate. The lip plate includes a traction side and a bottom side and has a lip plate crown. The lip subplate includes a top side and a bottom side and has a lip subplate crown. The lip subplate is coupled to a bottom side of the lip plate in a manner that provides structural rigidity to the lip plate. The lip subplate crown is aligned and nested with the lip plate crown.
Claims20
A dock leveler comprising:
- a deck plate;
- and
- a lip assembly hingedly connected to the deck plate, the lip assembly comprising:
- a lip plate including a traction side and a bottom side and having a lip plate crown;
- and
- a lip subplate including a top side and a bottom side and having a lip subplate crown, the lip subplate coupled to a bottom side of the lip plate in a manner that provides structural rigidity to the lip plate, wherein the lip subplate crown is aligned and nested with the lip plate crown.
3 more elements
A lip assembly on a dock leveler, comprising:
- a lip plate including a traction side and a bottom side and having a lip plate crown;
- and
- a lip subplate including a top side and a bottom side and having a lip subplate crown, the lip subplate coupled to a bottom side of the lip plate in a manner that provides structural rigidity to the lip plate, wherein the lip subplate crown is aligned and nested with the lip plate crown.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.