US Patent Issued to Overhead Door on June 30 for "Dock leveler with maintenance strut" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,442, issued on June 30, was assigned to Overhead Door Corp. (Lewisville, Texas).

"Dock leveler with maintenance strut" was invented by Keith T. Kee (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dock leveler comprises a maintenance strut rotatable between a maintenance position and a stowed position, the maintenance strut being configured to secure the dock leveler in an accessible position when in the maintenance position. The maintenance strut has a latch hole and a pivot hole formed therein. The dock leveler further comprises a latch configured to selectively maintain the maintenance strut in the maintenance position or the stowed posit...