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US 4,601,142 AGranted
Loading dock shelters
AssigneeFrommelt Industries, Inc.
InventorRobert J. Frommelt
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Abstract
A loading dock shelter of the pad type, which, in normal operation provides a "wrap-around" type of engagement with the rear ends of trucks backed into operative engagement with the loading dock shelter.
Claims13
A loading dock shelter for attachment to a wall having a doorway therein, comprising
- a head pad for extending along the top of the doorway in the wall,
- two side pads for extending along the sides of the doorway,
- means for supporting said head pad and said side pads on the wall in outwardly projecting relation thereto, each of said side pads comprising an elongated body portion having upper and lower ends, with said body portion adapted to extend substantially vertically on the wall adjacent to said doorway therein, and an elongated leg portion integral with said body portion and projecting laterally from a portion of said body portion spaced outwardly from the wall in position adapted to extend and project inwardly toward the other of said side pads across a portion of the doorway and extending longitudinally along said body portion substantially throughout the length of the latter and at least two stabilizing wedges attached to said elongated body portion and said elongated leg portion, with each of said wedges positioned at the upper and lower ends of said side pads, and
- a core of compressible resilient material positioned in each of said side pads, with said resilient material in said elongated body portion being of a density greater than the density of said core of compressible resilient material in said elongated leg portion.
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A loading dock shelter for attachment to a wall having a doorway therein, comprising:
- a head pad for extending along the top of the doorway in the wall,
- two side pads for extending along the respective lateral sides of the doorway, and
- means for supporting said head pad and said side pads on the wall in outwardly projecting relation thereto in position to be operatively engaged by the top and sides of the rear of a truck backed into loading or unloading position relatively to said doorway in the wall, each of said side pads comprising an elongated body portion having upper and lower ends with said body portion adapted to extend upwardly and downwardly on the wall along one of the lateral sides of the doorway and an elongated leg portion extending along the length of said body portion in position adapted to be disposed outwardly from the doorway, said elongated leg portion integral with said elongated body portion and projecting inwardly toward the other of said side pads and adapted to extend across a portion of said doorway and at least two stabilizing wedges attached to said elongated body portion and said elongated leg portion, with each of said wedges positioned at the upper and lower ends of said side pads to retain and position said leg portion toward the other of said side pads across a portion of said doorway, and
- a core of compressible resilient material positioned in each of said side pads, a cover of fabric material disposed in covering relation to the front and lateral side portions of said core of compressible resilient material and reinforcing means mechanically connecting said cover on said side pads for maintaining the shape of said side pads.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.