Patent ID: 9126775
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B60T,B65G

Abstract:
1. A wheel restraint system for blocking a wheel at a loading dock that includes a driveway, the wheel restraint system comprising: a track mountable to the driveway, the track includes a plurality of discrete catches, each catch of the plurality of discrete catches includes a first surface; a wheel chock selectively movable between a stored position and a wheel-blocking position, the wheel chock in the stored position is spaced apart from the track, the wheel chock in the wheel-blocking position engages the track, the wheel chock including a rotatable lever with an axis; and a plurality of latch members attached to the wheel chock and being movable relative to the chock by connection with the lever, each latch member rotatably movable about a substantially vertical axis thereof and including a second surface, the latch members being selectively moveable via the rotatable lever between a latched position and an unlatched position relative to the wheel chock, the second surface of each latch member to engage a respective first surface when the movable latch members are in the latched position and the wheel chock is in the wheel-blocking position, the second surface being spaced apart from the first surface when the movable latch members are in the unlatched position and the wheel chock is positioned on the track.