Patent ID: 8006811
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A wheel restraint that can engage a wheel of a vehicle at a loading dock, wherein the loading dock includes a dock face, the wheel restraint comprising: an anchor mountable to the loading dock; a barrier manually selectively movable to a release position and a holding position when the vehicle is at the loading dock, wherein the wheel is between the barrier and the dock face when the barrier is in the holding position, and the wheel is clear of the barrier when the barrier is in the release position; and a flexible elongate member that couples the barrier to the anchor and is to span a gap between the wheel and the loading dock when the barrier is in the holding position, wherein, when the barrier is in the holding position, the barrier is to encircle the wheel and encircle an imaginary vertical line that intersects the wheel.