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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Denis Patrick Gleason, Bowmanville, CA;
Assignee:
Kelley Atlantic Ltd., Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01D 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01D 1/00 ;
Abstract
A dockleveler having a lip that can be both moved between a pendent inoperative position and an operative position and moved from a retracted to an extended position. This feature allows the lip to be partially extended during an end load so that the lip engages a portion of the vehicle bed and does not contact the load. The dockleveler further includes a barrier that is resiliently mounted to provide a cushioning effect when impacted by material handling equipment. This feature reduces the likelihood of damage to the barrier and/or dockleveler, and further reduces the chance of disrupting a load carried by the material handling equipment.