Patent ID: 9539995
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: B60T,B65G,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A wheel chock system, comprising: a wheel chock assembly comprising a wheel chock, a shaft, and a handle coupled to the wheel chock to place the chock against a tire of a truck or trailer wheel, and a sensor disposed within the chock to sense the proximity to the tire; an outside light box electrically coupled to the wheel chock assembly, one or more lamps of the outside light box to provide a visual indication of when the chock is in close proximity to the wheel based on the sensor and to give one or more visual indications of a loading dock safety status; an inside control panel operatively coupled to the outside light box, one or more inside lights of the inside control panel to provide a second visual indication of the loading dock safety status; a controller electrically coupled to the inside control panel, the controller comprising a processor programmed to change visual indications of both the outside light box and the inside control panel, based at least on the sensor and a loading dock door sensor; and a wireless module communicatively coupled to the controller to convey the loading dock safety status wirelessly over a network to provide an additional layer of wheel chock system safety oversight.