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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2023
Overhead Door Corporation, Lewisville, TX (US);
Keith T. Kee, Dallas, TX (US);
Dor Gamliel, Dallas, TX (US);
Overhead Door Corporation, Lewisville, TX (US);
Abstract
A dock leveler comprises a lift lever operably graspable by a user to lift, lower, and extend the dock leveler. The dock leveler further comprises a lift lever retainer having an opening shaped and sized to slidably receive the lift lever. The lift lever comprises a top portion including a handle graspable by a user, a middle portion adjacent the top portion, and a bottom portion adjacent the middle portion, the bottom portion engageable with the lift lever retainer when lifting, lowering, or extending the dock leveler. The lift lever further comprises a stopper disposed on the middle portion or on the top portion. A combined width of the lift lever and the stopper is greater than a width of the opening of the lift lever retainer.