Patent ID: 9611109
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B65G

Claim:
1. A method of leveling a parked semi-trailer at a loading dock, the method comprising: positioning a portable stabilizing device at least partially underneath a forward portion of the parked semi-trailer; positioning a lift associated with the portable stabilizing device in a weight bearing position to bear weight of the forward portion of the parked semi-trailer; reorienting the parked semi-trailer while the stabilizing device bears the weight of the forward portion of the parked semi-trailer so a floor of the parked semi-trailer goes from a substantially non-parallel orientation to an approximately parallel orientation with respect to a floor of the loading dock by repositioning at least one of the lift and a landing gear of the parked semi-trailer; and, maintaining the lift in the weight bearing position and with the floor in the approximately parallel orientation while contents are at least one of unloaded from or loaded onto the parked semi-trailer at the loading dock.