Patent ID: 9174811
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A vehicle restraint to engage a RIG (rear impact guard) of a vehicle at a loading dock, the vehicle restraint comprising: a main body installable at the loading dock; and a barrier to be coupled to the main body, the barrier to rotate about an axis relative to the main body along a first path between an upper blocking position to block the RIG and a stored position to release the RIG when the axis is at a first position spaced from a wall of the loading dock, the barrier and the axis to move laterally to a second position spaced from the wall of the loading dock when the RIG is engaged with the barrier and the RIG moves in a direction away from the wall, the second position being farther away from the wall than the first position, the barrier to rotate about the axis along a second path different than the first path when the axis is in the second position.