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OT-2026-000001562

Dock leveler

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Material Handling › Conveying Systems
Inventors
MALLIGERE GIRISH, MELLITS KIRK E, OUYANG RUIPING, SOTAK PHILIP
Assignee
OVERHEAD DOOR CORP
Original source
US-12583695-B2, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 24 March 2026
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Abstract

A dock leveler that fits within the pit of a loading dock. The dock leveler may have a rear leg bracket including a plurality of legs. The legs may be couplable to a bottom surface of the leg bracket and to a rear wall of the pit and may have a bottom portion attached to the bottom surface of the pit. The dock leveler may have a deck with a rear portion disposed adjacent the rear wall and supported by the rear leg bracket. The deck may be horizontal when in a stowed position. The dock leveler may also include a lift arm assembly extending from the bottom surface of the deck to the bottom surface of the pit and moveable along the bottom surface of the pit. The lift arm assembly may have a bottom portion movable independent of structure at the bottom portion of the plurality of legs.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000001562, “Dock leveler,” published September 15, 2026 at 19:06:41 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001562.

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