Face panels for loading dock seals and shelters

A seal assembly for sealing against a vehicle at a loading dock, the seal assembly comprising:

• a projection panel to protrude from a wall of the loading dock, the projection panel defining a vehicle-engaging surface to be engaged by a vehicle;
• a pliable cover attached to the projection panel to cover at least a portion of the vehicle-engaging surface;
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• a shield having a first end and a second end, the shield to couple to a side surface of the projection panel such that the first end of the shield is to be oriented toward the wall of the loading dock and the second end is to be oriented in a direction opposite the first end, the second end to project a distance from the vehicle-engaging surface of the projection panel, the second end of the shield to move between a non-deflected position when a vehicle is not in engagement with the vehicle-engaging surface and a deflected position when the vehicle is in engagement with the vehicle-engaging surface, the second end of the shield and the pliable cover are to extend along an inner surface of the vehicle and are to cover an air gap defined by a door hinge of the vehicle.

A seal assembly for sealing against a vehicle at a loading dock, the seal assembly comprising:

• a backer to couple to a wall of a loading dock;
• a foam pad to couple to the backer, the foam pad defining a vehicle-engaging surface to receive a trailer of a vehicle;
• a pliable cover to overlap at least a portion of the vehicle-engaging surface of the foam pad;
• a front sheet to attach to the pliable cover via a first seam adjacent a first side edge of the vehicle-engaging surface and a second seam adjacent a second side edge of the vehicle-engaging surface, the first side edge being opposite the second side edge;
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• a shield having a first portion to attach to at least one of the backer, the foam pad, the pliable cover or the front sheet, the shield having a second portion to project adjacent the vehicle-engaging surface of the foam pad, the second portion of the shield being movable relative to the first portion of the shield between a deflected position and a non-deflected position, the front sheet is to deform in response to the trailer engaging the vehicle-engaging surface of the foam pad, the deformation of the front sheet is to move the shield and the front sheet inside the trailer to cause the front sheet and the shield to seal an air gap at a door hinge of the trailer.