Patent ID: 6854224

Claim:
A dock seal disposed adjacent a doorway of a wall and having a standby mode and a sealing mode, wherein a vehicle engaging the dock seal places the dock seal in the sealing mode and the vehicle disengaging the dock seal allows the dock seal to return to the standby mode, comprising: a head seal having a compressible core and being horizontally elongated; a side seal being vertically elongated, the side seal having a sealing surface and an inner surface adjacent the wall; a linearly moveable coupling connected to the side seal between the sealing surface and the inner surface and adapted to couple the side seal to the wall to provide the side seal with a vertical range of motion having a lower limit and an upper limit, wherein the side seal is appreciably closer to the lower limit than to the upper limit when the dock seal is in the standby mode; and wherein the head seal extends over the side seal.