Lightweight multi-layer foam dock seal system

A loading dock seal system comprising:

• a closed-cell foam buffer;
• a foam padding disposed adjacent the closed-cell foam buffer and affixed thereto thereby forming a bolster;
• a fabric cover having a front portion, a rear portion, a first side portion, a second side portion and an interior volume accessible via an access aperture, wherein the bolster is disposed within the interior volume such that the closed-cell foam buffer engages the rear portion of the fabric cover and the foam padding engages the front portion of the fabric cover, and wherein the fabric cover is free of overlapping members at least proximate the loading dock structural wall surface;
• at least one fabric fastener configured to close and open the aperture through the fabric cover, and wherein the aperture is sized to receive and to release the bolster from the interior volume;
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• a plurality of loading dock structure-engaging fabric tabs sewn into direct physical engagement with the fabric cover proximate the rear portion and the first side portion as well as the rear portion and the second side portion and proximate the junction of the at least one of (1) the rear portion and the first side portion and (2) the rear portion and the second side portion, wherein the plurality of fabric tabs extend away from the rear portion when engaged with the loading dock structural wall surface, wherein the system is free of wall mounting brackets to engage the cover with the loading dock structural wall surface, wherein a portion of the plurality of fabric tabs includes a pocket with front and back fabric walls surrounding and enclosing a rigid metallic support substrate member within the pocket, and wherein each rigid metallic support substrate member at least partially maintains the portion of the plurality of fabric tabs in an orientation substantially parallel to and extending away from the fabric cover, and wherein the fabric tabs extend from a portion of the closed-cell foam buffer.