US Patent Issued to Rite-Hite Holding on May 12 for "Curtain assemblies or seals for dock levelers" (Iowa, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,868, issued on May 12, was assigned to Rite-Hite Holding Corp. (Milwaukee).

"Curtain assemblies or seals for dock levelers" was invented by Bruce Henning (Dubuque, Iowa), Collin Thole (Lancaster, Wis.) and Frank Heim (Platteville, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example dock leveler apparatuses are disclosed. A dock leveler apparatus includes a curtain assembly that includes an upper curtain section and a lower curtain section. The curtain assembly is movable between a folded configuration and a pendant configuration. The curtain assembly having a longer length in the pendant configuration than in the folded configuration. A conne...