Patent · US Expired

Truck restraining device

US4589813A · kind A · utility

35Cited by
3References
9Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 7, 1984
Grant dateMay 20, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 7, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G69/003
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A restraining device or "keeper" for locking a truck having an ICC bar to a dock, the device including an arm pivotally secured to the front of the dock for movement between a storage position against the front of the dock and an operative position extending outward from the dock, a restraining bar mounted for vertical movement relative to the swing arm to a position to block the path of motion of the ICC bar away from the dock, and a latch assembly for locking the swing arm in the operative and inoperative positions.

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