Patent ID: 8353136

Claim:
A dock seal mountable adjacent a doorway of a wall and being adapted to seal against a vehicle at a loading dock, the dock seal comprising: a compressible body having a front compressible body and a rear compressible body, the rear compressible body is interposed between the wall and the front compressible body when the dock seal is mounted to the wall; and a flexible panel to pivotally couple the compressible body to the wall, the flexible panel having a first portion to be attached to the wall adjacent an opening of the doorway and a second portion movable relative to the wall and the first portion when the first portion is attached to the wall, the first portion to remain engaged with the wall and the second portion to pivot away from the wall and relative to the first portion when the vehicle imparts a force to the compressible body, the second portion to pivot toward the wall and relative to the first portion when force imparted by the vehicle to the compressible body is removed.