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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
May. 07, 2019
Rite-hite Holding Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Collin Thole, Lancaster, WI (US);
Timothy J. Schmidt, Dubuque, IA (US);
Gary Borgerding, Dubuque, IA (US);
Frank Heim, Platteville, WI (US);
Mary Blaser, Germantown, WI (US);
Rite-Hite Holding Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
Seal apparatus for dock levelers are disclosed. An example loading dock includes a dock leveler movable between a standard loading position, a cross-traffic position and a below-deck loading position. The dock leveler has deck and lip movably coupled to the deck. A seal assembly is coupled to the loading dock adjacent a forward edge of the dock leveler. The seal assembly sealingly engages a front surface of a lip of the dock leveler and a rear surface of the lip when the dock leveler is positioned in a cross-traffic position or a below-dock position.