Patent ID: 9371202
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: B65G

Claim Text:
1. A dock ramp assembly for a docking opening on a facility, the dock ramp assembly comprising: a seal for sealing the docking opening with at least one access door opening on a transport vehicle when the transport vehicle is docked with the facility; the seal comprising an upper seal which extends over a top peripheral edge of the docking opening and adjacent side peripheral edges of the docking opening and a lower seal which extends beneath a lower peripheral edge of the docking opening, such that the seal extends around the entire periphery of the docking opening and the seal is arranged to form a complete seal between the docking opening and the access door opening when the transport vehicle is docked with the facility; wherein the dock ramp assembly further comprises a retractable bumper which is transitioned from an extended in-use position in front of the docking opening to a retracted stored position remote from the docking opening, wherein the lower seal is moveable vertically from a stored position remote from the docking opening into an in-use position in front of the lower peripheral edge of the docking opening when the retractable bumper is in its retracted stored position remote from the docking opening so as to allow the complete seal to be formed between the docking opening and the access door opening, and wherein the lower seal is affixed to a moveable mounting plate which moves vertically from a stored position remote from the docking opening into an in-use position in front of the lower peripheral edge of the docking opening when the retractable bumper is in its retracted stored position remote from the docking opening.