Patent ID: 6014844
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: B65G,Y10S

Abstract:
A draft pad for a lower inner corner of a dock shelter, said dock shelter being on an exterior side of a building and disposed generally along lateral edges of a doorway to help seal a vertical gap that may otherwise exist between said doorway and a back end of a truck, said dock shelter including a projecting member that extends outward from said building in a forward direction, and a laterally extending member extending from the projecting member and pointed generally inward toward said truck, said draft pad comprising:a mounting surface defined by an upper mounting edge and a lower edge, said draft pad being attachable to the projecting member with said mounting surface facing the projecting member;a bottom surface extending from said lower edge;a top surface extending from said upper mounting edge, said top surface and said bottom surface being joined at a side edge; anda forward relief surface being joined to said bottom surface at a lower forward edge, said lower forward edge extending farther in said forward direction than most of said forward relief surface to provide a wear relieving clearance between said forward relief surface and said laterally extending member.