Patent ID: 9604799
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B65G

Claim:
1. A sealing assembly for a dock leveler retracted into a loading dock beneath a loading dock door, said dock leveler and said loading dock defining gaps between a vertical face of said dock leveler and an exterior surface of said loading dock and between a horizontal face of said dock leveler and a floor of said loading dock, said gaps permitting airflow into and out of said loading dock, said assembly comprising: two side restraints mounted on said loading dock along respective left and right sides of said vertical face of said dock leveler; a bottom restraint mounted on said loading dock below said vertical face of said dock leveler; a mat removably insertable between said side restraints, said mat sized to allow left and right edges of said mat to engage said side restraints when inserted therebetween, said mat foldable to define a vertical portion that covers said vertical face of said dock leveler and a horizontal portion that covers at least part of said horizontal face of said dock leveler; and said mat substantially restricting airflow into and out of said loading dock through said gaps when said vertical portion of said mat is inserted between said side restraints such that a bottom edge of said vertical portion of said mat engages said bottom restraint, and said loading dock door closes atop of said horizontal portion of said mat.