Vehicle restraint

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B - Operations, Transporting

65

G

14/2

B65G 69/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 1296145

VEHICLE RESTRAINT Abstract of the Disclosure A vehicle restraint for preventing a vehicle or truck from accidentally pulling away from a loading dock. The truck restraint comprises a frame to be mounted on the vertical front face of the loading dock and a restraining means is mounted for pivotal movement in a generally vertical plane parallel to the dock face between a first lower storage position and a second operative position where the restraining means will prevent outward movement of the truck away from the dock. A curved plate or abutment is mounted in spaced relation to the frame and extends throughout the length of the path of pivotal movement of the restraining means. The restraining means is normally disposed out of contact with the abutment as the restraining means pivots between the storage and operative positions. In the event the truck attempts to pull away from the loading dock while the restraining means is in the operative position, the outward force applied by the truck to the restraining means will deflect the re- straining means outwardly into contact with the abut- ment to thereby restrict further outward movement of the restraining means. The restraining means is urged to the operative position by a resilient biasing member and the biasing member is movable between a first posi- tion where the force of the biasing member overcomes the weight of the restraining means and acts to urge the restraining means to the operative position, and a second position where the force of the biasing member is overcome by the weight of the restraining means so that the restraining means will move by gravity to the storage position.

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