Bridges – Gangway – ramp – or dock leveler – Attached
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-30
2011-08-30
Addie, Raymond (Department: 3671)
Bridges
Gangway, ramp, or dock leveler
Attached
C014S072500, C277S921000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08006338
ABSTRACT:
A repositionable loading dock pit seal panel comprising: (a) a repositionable pit seal panel including a substantially incompressible height and width sized to substantially span an entire vertical dimension and substantially span an entire widthwise dimension of a loading dock pit to substantially close off a cross-sectional area of the loading dock pit when the repositionable pit seal panel is in a barrier position, where the repositionable pit seal panel is repositionably mounted to at least one of an overhead door, a surface partially defining the loading dock pit, and a surface adjacent to the loading dock pit, where the repositionable pit seal panel is repositionable between the barrier position inhibiting horizontal use of a vertically stored dock leveler and a storage position allowing horizontal use of the vertically stored dock leveler, where the repositionable pit seal panel in the barrier position cooperates with the overhead door to close off a loading dock opening defined by a loading dock doorway and the cross-sectional area of the loading dock pit, and where the width of the repositionable pit seal panel is less than a width of a bottom section of the overhead door.
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Frank Kenneth A.
Kimener R. Peter
Kimener Thomas Terrance
Addie Raymond
Midwest Industrial Door, Inc.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
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