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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
May. 12, 2022
Overhead Door Corporation, Lewisville, TX (US);
Kirk E. Mellits, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Girish Malligere, Frisco, TX (US);
Philip Sotak, Lewisville, TX (US);
Ruiping Ouyang, Richardson, TX (US);
Overhead Door Corporatior, Lewisville, TX (US);
Abstract
A dock leveler with a lip hinge. The dock leveler may include a lip that may be disposed at a front portion of a deck. The deck and the lip may be connected via a joint to allow the lip to pivot relative to the deck. The joint may comprise a C-shaped shaft coupled to one of the lip and the deck. The C-shaped shaft may have a hollow interior and a radial opening to the hollow interior, the opening being less than 180 degrees. The joint may further comprise a pivot bar coupled to either the deck or the lip. The pivot bar may be pivotably disposed in the hollow interior of the C-shaped shaft in a manner allowing the lip to pivot relative to the deck between a down position and an up position.