Patent ID: 9624049
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B65G,E04F

Claim:
1. A weather barrier for at least partially sealing or sheltering a vehicle parked at a loading dock of a building, wherein the building has a doorway in a wall, and the doorway has an upper doorway edge, the weather barrier comprising: a canopy having a back end and a front end, the back end being mountable to the wall above the doorway, the front end to protrude forward from the wall when the canopy is mounted to the wall; a front bar at the front end of the canopy, the front bar being horizontally elongate; a back curtain hanging from the front bar, the back curtain having an upper curtain edge attached to the front bar, the back curtain having a lower curtain edge that is at a lower elevation than an elevation of the upper doorway edge when the canopy is mounted to the wall, the back curtain having a curtain width; a front panel hanging in front of the back curtain, the front panel being less flexible than the back curtain, the front panel having a panel width that is approximately 50 to 80 percent of the curtain width; and a space being interposed between and defined by the front panel and the back curtain.