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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2005
Applicant:
Joe Dibiase, Woodbridge, CA;
Inventor:
Joe DiBiase, Woodbridge, CA;
Assignee:
Frommelt Industries of Canada, Inc., Vaughan, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 69/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A bumper assembly for use at a loading dock comprises a resiliently compressible pad protected by a readily replaceable metal faceplate. The bumper assembly has certain metal components that move relative to each other as the bumper assembly is compressed by a vehicle backing into the dock. Those metal components are spaced apart from each other to avoid metal-to-metal frictional wear. In some cases, the compressible pad has internal cavities that help reduce the extent to which the core bulges under compression.