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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2019
Stabilock, Llc, Loveland, OH (US);
Thomas Terrance Kimener, Loveland, OH (US);
Stabilock, LLC, Loveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of leveling a parked freight trailer at a loading dock, the method comprising: (a) positioning a portable stabilizing device at least partially underneath a forward portion of the parked freight trailer; (b) positioning a lift associated with the portable stabilizing device to bear weight of the forward portion of the parked freight trailer; (c) reorienting the parked freight trailer so a floor of the parked freight trailer goes from a substantially non-parallel orientation to an approximately parallel orientation with respect to a floor of the loading dock by repositioning at least one of the jack and a landing gear of the parked freight trailer; and, (e) maintaining the lift in a weight bearing position while goods are at least one of unloaded from or loaded onto the parked freight trailer.