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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2010
R. Peter Kimener, Loveland, OH (US);
Thomas Terrance Kimener, Loveland, OH (US);
Kenneth A. Frank, Cincinnati, OH (US);
R. Peter Kimener, Loveland, OH (US);
Thomas Terrance Kimener, Loveland, OH (US);
Kenneth A. Frank, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Midwest Industrial Door, Inc., Loveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of selectively closing off a loading dock opening defined by a loading dock pit recessed within a floor of a building and a doorway into the building, the method comprising: (a) repositioning a pit seal panel having a substantially incompressible height and width to a barrier position where the pit seal panel closes off a rectangular area substantially spanning an entire vertical dimension and an entire widthwise dimension of the loading dock pit; and (b) lowering an overhead door to concurrently contact the pit seal panel and the floor of the building to close off the loading dock opening.