Patent ID: 6739011
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A dock bumper device, comprisinga bumper component; a slide component; and a mount component; wherein the bumper component is suitably adapted to accommodate a bumper; the slide component is suitably adapted to connect the bumper component to the mount component in a manner permitting the bumper component to move along the mount component in a vertical direction; and the mount component comprises a back plate, having a back panel, a first side flange, a second side flange, a top edge, and a bottom edge, wherein the back panel is substantially flat, is substantially rectangular with a width less than its height, has a first side and a second side, and has a front surface and a back surface, the first side flange is substantially rectangular with a length substantially the same as the height of the back panel and a width substantially less than the length of the first side flange, is integrated with the back panel along the first side of the back panel, and is oriented substantially perpendicular to the back panel extending from the front surface of the back panel, and the second side flange is substantially rectangular with a length substantially the same as the height of the back panel and a width substantially less than the length of the second side flange, is integrated with the back panel along the second side of the back panel, is oriented substantially perpendicular to the back panel extending from the front surface of the back panel, and is substantially parallel to the first side flange; an attachment plate, having a length substantially equivalent to the width of the back plate and comprised of a top flange and a back flange oriented substantially perpendicular to each other; and a top plate, being substantially flat, substantially rectangular with a width substantially the same as the width of the back plate, and having a front edge, a first edge, and a second edge; whereby the top flange of the attachment plate is fixedly attached to the bottom edge of the back plate and oriented substantially perpendicular to the back panel and extending forward from the front surface of the back panel, the back flange of the attachment plate is oriented substantially coplanar with the back panel, the top plate is fixedly attached to the top edge of the back plate and oriented substantially perpendicular to the back panel, with the first edge of the top plate aligned with the first side flange and the second edge of the top plate aligned with the second side flange, and with the front edge of the top plate oriented forward of the front surface of the back panel and the top plate extending rearward from the back surface of the back panel, thereby forming a lip, and the mount component is fixedly attached to the loading dock such that the back surface of the back panel and the back flange of the attachment plate are adjacent to a vertical front wall of the loading dock and the lip of the top plate is adjacent to an upper surface of the loading dock.