US Patent Issued to Overhead Door on June 23 for "Dock leveler with adjustable lip keepers" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,338, issued on June 23, was assigned to Overhead Door Corp. (Lewisville, Texas).

"Dock leveler with adjustable lip keepers" was invented by Jared W. Eller (Grapevine, Texas) and Dor Gamliel (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dock leveler for a loading dock. In some embodiments, the dock leveler may include a bridge assembly including a deck and a lip extendable from the deck, where the lip is pivotally movable between a stowed position and an extended position. The dock leveler may also include a frame supporting the bridge assembly. The dock leveler may also include a beam and a lip keeper. The beam may include a first end pos...