Vehicle Leveler with Improved Drainage
AssigneeLeum Engineering, Inc. d/b/a Dockzilla Co.
InventorsGrant Gilbert Leum, Eric Moore Demerath
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Abstract
The vehicle leveler includes a first portion which has a leading edge and a trailing edge, the trailing edge is disposed further from the driveway than the leading edge and forms a ramp section. The first portion has a flat section adjacent the trailing edge. The embodiment also includes a second portion which has a leading edge and a trailing edge, the leading edge of the second portion is disposed further from the driveway than the trailing edge of the second portion. The second portion includes an extension portion. The vehicle leveler also has at least one drainage aperture which is formed within and extends through the second portion for improved user safety.
Claims20
A system for use in docking a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a unitary vehicle leveler configured for deployment adjacent a building loading dock, the unitary vehicle leveler extending from a front toward a rear, the unitary vehicle leveler including a ramp that is configured to lift the vehicle for loading and unloading and to be inclined upward from a substantially flat driveway;
- opposing side portions extending along the ramp, the opposing side portions having an inside surface, an outside surface and a top surface, the top surface forming a walkway;
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- at least one drainage aperture formed within the unitary vehicle leveler and extending through the unitary vehicle leveler.
A system for use in docking a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a unitary vehicle leveler configured for deployment adjacent a building loading dock, the unitary vehicle leveler extending from a front toward a rear, the unitary vehicle leveler including a ramp that is configured to lift the vehicle for loading and unloading and to be inclined upward from a substantially flat driveway, wherein the ramp includes a substantially flat section inclined from the substantially flat driveway at between about 1 and 15 degrees from parallel with the substantially flat driveway;
- opposing side portions extending along the ramp, the opposing side portions having an inside surface, an outside surface and a top surface, the top surface forming a walkway;
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- at least one drainage aperture formed within the unitary vehicle leveler and extending through the unitary vehicle leveler.
A system for use in docking a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a unitary vehicle leveler configured for deployment adjacent a building loading dock, the unitary vehicle leveler extending from a front toward a rear, the unitary vehicle leveler including a ramp that is configured to lift the vehicle for loading and unloading and to be inclined upward from a substantially flat driveway, wherein the ramp includes a substantially flat section inclined from the substantially flat driveway at between about 1 and 15 degrees from parallel with the substantially flat driveway;
- opposing side portions extending along the ramp, the opposing side portions having an inside surface, an outside surface and a top surface, the top surface forming a walkway;
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- at least one drainage aperture formed within the unitary vehicle leveler and extending through the unitary vehicle leveler, the at least one drainage aperture including a flange for channeling water away from an underside of the unitary vehicle leveler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.