Patent ID: 8887447

Claim:
A flexible panel assembly for use at a loading dock, comprising: a rigid backer to couple the flexible panel assembly to a loading dock wall; and a flexible self-supporting structural sheet-shaped member being substantially unitary and having a first side, a front side, and a second side opposite the first side, the front side coupling the first side and the second side, the first side and the front side defining a first corner and the second side and the front side defining a second corner, the flexible self-supporting structural sheet-shaped member having sufficient rigidity to enable the front side to be cantilevered from the rigid backer by at least a distance defined by the first side without substantial sagging and without the first corner and the second corner being attached to a support structure, the first side, the second side and the front side defining an empty cavity when the flexible self-supporting structural sheet-shaped member is coupled to the rigid backer.