US Patent Issued to Overhead Door on Sept. 15 for "Dock leveler with reinforced lip plate" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,283, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Overhead Door Corp. (Lewisville, Texas).

"Dock leveler with reinforced lip plate" was invented by Dor Gamliel (Dallas) and Keith T. Kee (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dock leveler comprises a deck plate and a lip assembly hingedly connected to the deck plate. The lip assembly comprises a lip plate and a lip subplate. The lip plate includes a traction side and a bottom side and has a lip plate crown. The lip subplate includes a top side and a bottom side and has a lip subplate crown. The lip subplate is coupled to a bottom side of the lip plate in a manner that provides structural ri...