Flexible dock seal
OwnerLarry O'Nealinventor
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Abstract
A flexible dock seal for closing an opening such as a loading dock with respect to a truck or trailer takes the form of an inverted U-shaped flexible structure normally positioned in extended relation to the loading dock opening by resilient devices and yieldable upon engagement therewith by the truck or trailer so as to form a satisfactory closure between the dock and the truck or trailer.
Claims5
A flexible dock seal for positioning on a wall about an opening therein and comprising a flexible inverted U-shaped device consisting of a horizontal upper flexible member and a pair of vertical flexible members positioned one at each end thereof in depending relation thereto, means above said opening positioning said upper flexible member transversely there across in planes generally outwardly and downwardly from the plane of the wall and means at the sides of said opening positioning said vertical flexible members in planes generally outwardly and parallel with the plane of the wall and foldable hinge-like devices positioned between said wall and said flexible members and resilient means attached thereto for normally holding the foldable hinge-like devices in a first position extending outwardly from said wall and movable to a second position adjacent said wall.
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