Patent ID: 8540007

Claim:
A door assembly for use at a loading dock comprising: a first flexible door movably coupled relative to a wall of a loading dock, the first flexible door movable between at least a first closed position to cover a first portion of a doorway of the wall, a first open position to enable an object to access to the doorway, and an intermediate position to engage a first surface of the object when the object is adjacent the doorway, a distal edge of the first flexible door capable of bending relative to a proximal edge of the first flexible door such that the first flexible door has an arcuate profile when the first flexible door is in at least one of the first open position or the first intermediate position; a second flexible door movably coupled relative to the wall, the second flexible door movable between at least a second closed position to cover a second portion of the doorway, a second open position to enable the object to access the second portion of the doorway, and a second intermediate position to engage a second surface of the object when the object is positioned adjacent the door opening, the first and second flexible doors each deform to pivot relative to the wall, a distal edge of the second flexible door capable of bending relative to a proximal edge of the second flexible door such that the second flexible door has an arcuate profile when the flexible door is in at least one of the second open position or the second intermediate position; and an actuator associated with each door to cause the distal edges of the respective first and the second flexible doors to bend relative to the proximal edges of the respective first and second flexible doors without a force from the object imparted to the first and second flexible doors.