Patent ID: 8327587

Claim:
A dock apparatus engageable by an upper edge of a vehicle parked at a doorway of a wall, the dock apparatus comprising: a front curtain mountable in suspension in proximity with the doorway and being engageable by the upper edge of the vehicle, the curtain includes a lower edge selectively movable between a raised position and a lowered position, the curtain providing a sling when the lower edge is in the raised position; a pliable elongate member coupled to the lower edge to selectively move the lower edge between the lowered position and the raised position; and a roller being horizontally elongate, being supported by the curtain, and being adjacent the lower edge of the curtain when the lower edge is in the lowered position, the roller being cradled in the sling when the lower edge is in the raised position such that the roller is closer to the lower edge when the lower edge is in the lowered position than when the lower edge is in the raised position.