Removable dock barrier
OwnerGrant Leuminventor
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Abstract
A barrier for a dock with a dock upper surface terminating in a dock edge and a pair of vertical floor sleeves within the dock having openings at the dock upper surface. The barrier including an elongate base member having an H-beam structure with a horizontal web between two flanges, the base member defining a pair of forklift fork pockets, a pair of sleeve-insertion members extending downwardly from the base member and configured for engagement with the floor sleeves, at least one post member extending upwardly from the base member and a cross-member attached to the at least one post member and spaced above the base member.
Claims20
A barrier for a dock with a dock upper surface terminating in a dock edge and a pair of vertical floor sleeves within the dock having openings at the dock upper surface, comprising:
- an elongate base member including an H-beam structure with a horizontal web between two flanges, the base member defining a pair of forklift fork pockets, the flanges of the H-beam including a dock-edge-adjacent flange and each post member including (a) a top hook configured to hook over the cross-member of a second barrier when the barrier and second barrier are in a stacked non-use position;
- and (b) a bottom hook configured to hook over the dock-edge-adjacent flange of the second barrier when the barrier and second barrier are in a stacked non-use position;
- a pair of sleeve-insertion members extending downwardly from the base member and configured for engagement with the floor sleeves;
- at least one post member extending upwardly from the base member;
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- a cross-member attached to the at least one post member and spaced above the base member.
In a barrier for a dock with a dock upper surface terminating in a dock edge and a pair of vertical floor sleeves within the dock having openings at the dock upper surface, said barrier including an elongate base member for extending along the dock and defining a pair of forklift fork pockets, a pair of sleeve-insertion members extending downwardly from the base member and configured for engagement with the floor sleeves, post members extending upwardly from the base member and a top rail attached to the post members, the improvement wherein the elongate base member includes an H-beam structure with a horizontal web between two flanges, the flanges of the H-beam include a dock-edge-adjacent flange and each post member includes (a) a top hook configured to hook over the cross-member of a second barrier when the barrier and second barrier are in a stacked non-use position;
- and (b) a bottom hook configured to hook over the dock-edge-adjacent flange of the second barrier when the barrier and second barrier are in a stacked non-use position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.