Patent ID: 7207578

Claim:
A dolly for moving and storing dock plates, comprising: an elongate plate receiving frame having a front portion, a rear portion, and a central portion; said elongate frame having a horizontal bottom wall and two outwardly flared sidewalls ending in parallel, upper edges of equal height; a front pair of planar castor mounting flanges having inner edges and outer edges and extending horizontally outward from said inner edges from respective said frame upper edges at said front portion of said frame; at least one front castor mounted to and extending downward from each of said front pair of castor mounting flanges; a rear pair of planar castor mounting flanges having inner edges and outer edges and extending horizontally outward from said inner edges from respective said frame upper edges at said rear portion of said frame; and a rear castor mounted to and extending downward from each of said rear pair of castor mounting flanges; said castors extending downward a distance such that said elongate frame is support for movement; whereby said elongate frame receives and supports the lower edge of a dock plate form movement and said outwardly flared sidewalls allow for the leaning of the dock plate against a wall for storage.