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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Pathfinder Management, Inc., Nashville, TN (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Mitchell Gray, Mt. Juliet, TN (US);
Assignee:
Pathfinder Management, Inc., Nashville, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 69/32 (2006.01); B65G 69/00 (2006.01); B65G 69/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 69/008 (2013.01); B65G 69/287 (2013.01); B65G 69/2876 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for covering a portion of a dock leveler deck and a gap between the deck and a surrounding dock floor surface lying inward relative to a loading dock door is provided. The device may include a rigid frame and a barrier secured to the rigid frame and configured to cover the portion of the dock leveler deck and the gap inward of the loading dock door when the rigid frame is attached to the loading dock door and the loading dock door is fully lowered.