Safety device, improved levelers, improved loading docks
AssigneeGMA Loading Dock Equipment
InventorGary Michael GREENE
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Abstract
A safety device includes a mounting plate for attachment to host structure, and a flap pivotally attached to the mounting plate defining a safety device pivot axis. The flap may be a rectangular polymer mat with reinforcing fiber. The flap may include fiber layers sandwiched between at least external sealing polymer layers. A proximal edge of the flap may be pivotally attached to a proximal edge of the mounting plate. An improved loading dock includes the safety device installed by way of the mounting plate being connected to a structure of the loading dock. The dock may have a ramp that pivots on a horizontal axis, the safety device pivot axis being perpendicular to the horizontal axis of the ramp.
Claims14
A safety device for a loading dock, the safety device comprising:
- a flap for covering a gap at a loading dock;
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- a mounting plate pivotally attached to the flap, the mounting plate configured to pivotally mount the flap to a portion of the loading dock,
- wherein the flap is pivotable relative to the mounting plate at least to an orthogonal position relative the mounting plate corresponding to a raised position relative to the loading dock and to a parallel position relative to the mounting plate corresponding to a deployed position relative to the loading dock and covering the gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.