System for mating van to loading dock
OwnerHerbert B. Fickinventor
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Abstract
A system includes a floor deck including a forward portion configured to support at least one pallet; a lift deck adjacent the floor deck and adapted to move vertically between a first lift deck position and a maximum height position, such that when the lift deck is in the first lift deck position, a top surface of the lift deck is substantially flush with the top surface of the floor deck; and a dock plate movably connected to the lift deck and movable between first and second dock plate positions, such that when the dock plate is in the first dock plate position, the dock plate is disposed on or in, and substantially parallel to, the lift deck, and when the dock plate is in the second dock plate position, the dock plate extends away from the lift deck opposite the forward portion.
Claims20
A system configured to be mounted to an interior of a cargo van for mating the cargo van with a loading dock having a dock height above a floor of the cargo van, the system comprising:
- a floor deck comprising a forward portion configured to support at least one pallet, the forward portion having a top surface opposite the floor and comprising at least one mounting member for mounting the system to the floor of the cargo van;
- a lift deck adjacent the floor deck and adapted to move vertically between a first lift deck position and a maximum height position, such that when the lift deck is in the first lift deck position, a top surface of the lift deck is substantially flush with the top surface of the floor deck, and when the lift deck is in a second lift deck position above the first lift deck position and at or below the maximum height position, the top surface of the lift deck is approximately at the dock height;
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- a dock plate movably connected to the lift deck and movable between first and second dock plate positions, such that when the dock plate is in the first dock plate position, the dock plate is disposed on or in, and substantially parallel to, the lift deck, and when the dock plate is in the second dock plate position, the dock plate extends away from the lift deck opposite the forward portion for mating with the loading dock.
A system, comprising:
- a floor deck comprising a first portion comprising at least one mounting member and having a top surface above the at least one mounting member;
- a lift deck adjacent the floor deck and adapted to move vertically between a first lift deck position and a maximum height position above the first lift deck position, such that when the lift deck is in the first lift deck position, a top surface of the lift deck is substantially flush with the top surface of the floor deck;
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- a plate slidably connected to the lift deck and movable between first and second plate positions, such that when the plate is in the first plate position, the plate is substantially parallel to the lift deck and disposed at least partially in a slot under the top surface of the lift deck, and when the plate is in the second plate position, the plate is disposed outside of the slot and extends away from the lift deck opposite the first portion.
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