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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2023
Applicant:
Overhead Door Corporation, Lewisville, TX (US);
Inventors:
Dor Gamliel, Dallas, TX (US);
Keith T. Kee, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Overhead Door Corporation, Lewisville, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 69/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 69/2858 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dock leveler comprises a deck plate and a lip assembly hingedly connected to the deck plate. The lip assembly comprises a lip plate and a lip subplate. The lip plate includes a traction side and a bottom side and has a lip plate crown. The lip subplate includes a top side and a bottom side and has a lip subplate crown. The lip subplate is coupled to a bottom side of the lip plate in a manner that provides structural rigidity to the lip plate. The lip subplate crown is aligned and nested with the lip plate crown.