Power-up vehicle restraint
June 30, 2020. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesDevice for releasably securing a vehicle to an adjacent support Releasable locking device Releasable lock mechanism Releasable locking device Releasable locking device Releasable locking device Truck locking device Releasable locking device Releasable locking device Truck locking device InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 608984 filed on 06/30/2000US Classes:414/809, Of loading or unloading load-transporting type vehicle and external means cooperating in loading or unloading thereof414/401Means serves to align wheeled vehicle and load receiving or relinquishing structureExaminersPrimary: Keenan, James W.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassB65G 067/02AbstractA vehicle restraint for a truck loading dock includes an actuator that rides up with a carriage to sense that a truck's ICC bar is within a predetermined region before fully extending a restraining member to engage the bar. The carriage and restraining member are raised and lowered by a drive unit, such as a cable extending from a winch. The winch may be attached directly to the carriage, or optionally remotely mounted to the dock. One end of the cable connects to a spring that compensates for incidental vertical movement of the ICC bar caused by the truck being loaded or unloaded. Large downward movement of the ICC bar is accommodated by a clutch associated with the winch. For large upward movement, the winch automatically restarts to pull the carriage up to meet the new height of the bar. An optional ICC bar deflector mounted at the base of the dock, along side the carriage, wedges underneath an exceptionally low ICC bar as the truck backs into the dock. The deflector guides and lifts the low bar above the actuator to prevent premature and uncontrolled extension of the restraining member.Field of SearchWith additional means for aligning vehicle and an external load supportMeans serves to align wheeled vehicle and load receiving or relinquishing structure Means comprises device or member for moving or causing movement of either a vehicle or a load receiving or relinquishing structure for an alignment purpose Of loading or unloading load-transporting type vehicle and external means cooperating in loading or unloading thereof | |
