Vehicle restraint having downwardly facing hook

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1986-04-14

1988-03-01

Spar, Robert J.

Material or article handling

Load-transporting type vehicle and external means...

Means serves to align wheeled vehicle and load receiving or...

14 711, B65G 6702

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047282428

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle restraint to prevent a truck, or other vehicle, from accidentally pulling away from a loading dock during a loading operation. The vehicle restraint includes a pair of spaced vertical guide tracks mounted on the front face of the dock and a slide is mounted for movement within the tracks. The slide has an extension that extends outwardly from the dock between the guide tracks and a restraining member, such as a hook, is pivotally connected to the extension about a generally vertical axis, so that the restraining member can be pivoted from a storage position, where the restraining member is generally parallel to the front face of the dock to an operating position where the restraining member extends outwardly from the dock. The restraining member is formed with a notch or recess in its lower surface, which is adapted to engage the ICC bar at the rear of the truck. In operation the restraining member is pivoted from the storage position to the operative position and dropped downwardly by gravity into engagement with the ICC bar to thereby prevent the truck from accidentally pulling away from the loading dock.

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