Trailer stabilization and restraint
AssigneeStabilock, LLC
InventorThomas Terrance Kimener
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Abstract
A parked freight trailer stabilizer and restraint comprising: (a) a kingpin receiver configured to lock onto a kingpin of a parked freight trailer; (b) a jack operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the jack repositionable between a retracted position and an extended position; (c) a tail hold operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the tail hold repositionable between a stowed position and a restraining position, the tail hold configured to engage a ground mount; and, (d) a transport receiver configured to engage a transport vehicle.
Claims16
-30. (canceled)
A method of confirming at least one of stabilization and restraint of a parked semi-trailer at a loading dock, the method comprising:
- installing a first video camera to have a field of view encompassing a first location external to a loading dock where a semi-trailer restraint is repositioned to engage a parked semi-trailer;
- installing a second video camera to have a field of view encompassing a second location external to the loading dock where a semi-trailer stabilizer is intended to be located proximate a front of the parked semi-trailer;
- communicatively coupling the first video camera to a display on an interior of the loading dock so that the display is operative to show at least one image from the first video camera;
- and,
- communicatively coupling the second video camera to the display on the interior of the loading dock so that the display is operative to show at least one image from the second video camera.
A method of verifying at least one of stabilization and restraint for a parked semi-trailer, the method comprising:
- providing a first video camera;
- providing a second video camera;
- and,
- providing a display, communicatively coupled to the first video camera, on an interior of a loading dock, the display being operative to display at least one image from the first video camera, where the first video camera has a field of view showing whether a trailer restraint is engaging a parked semi-trailer positioned adjacent the loading dock, the display also being communicatively coupled to the second video camera and being operative to display at least one image from the second video camera, where the second video camera has a field of view showing whether a trailer stabilizer is positioned proximate a front of the parked semi-trailer.
A method of managing cargo of a parked semi-trailer at a loading dock, the method comprising:
- visually determining, using a display located on an interior of a loading dock, whether a semi-trailer restraint is engaging a parked semi-trailer located adjacent to the loading dock;
- visually determining, using the display, whether a semi-trailer stabilizer is positioned proximate a front of the parked semi-trailer;
- and,
- at least one of unloading cargo from the parked semi-trailer and loading cargo onto the parked semi-trailer after visually determining that at least one of the semi-trailer restraint is engaging the parked semi-trailer and that the semi-trailer stabilizer is positioned proximate a front of the parked semi-trailer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.