Patent ID: 8499897
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: B60T,B65G

Abstract:
1. A wheel restraint that can engage a wheel of a vehicle at a loading dock, wherein the wheel lies along a tire path on a driveway of the loading dock, the wheel restraint comprising: a track defining a longitudinal centerline and being mountable to the loading dock at a substantially fixed location in proximity with the tire path; a track follower mounted to the track for translation along the track in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal centerline; a shuttle mounted to the track follower and being selectively rotatable about the centerline of the track between a home position and a deployed position, the shuttle is closer to the tire path when the shuttle is in the deployed position than when shuttle is in the home position; and a barrier mounted to the shuttle and being selectively movable relative thereto between a release position and a blocking position, the barrier extending farther away from the track when the barrier is in the blocking position than when the barrier is in the release position.