Patent ID: 8191194

Claim:
A dock leveler for facilitating the loading or unloading of a vehicle at a loading dock, the dock leveler comprising: a deck pivotal between a substantially vertical stored upright position and a lowered operative position; an arm fixed to the deck; an actuator having a retracted position and an extended position, the actuator being operatively coupled to the deck such that the actuator pivots the deck from the lowered operative position to the stored upright position in response to the actuator moving toward the extended position; and a stop positioned to engage the arm when the deck is in the stored upright position to prevent the deck from moving beyond the stored upright position when the actuator moves toward the extended position, the stop including a lock to selectively couple the stop to the deck to mechanically hold the deck at substantially the stored upright position, the lock having a pin to extend through the stop to selectively engage the arm to couple the stop and the deck, and the pin is to be moved away from the arm to selectively uncouple the stop and the deck.