US Patent Issued to THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP on May 13 for "System and method for restraining a vehicle proximate a loading dock" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,062, issued on May 13, was assigned to THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP LLC (Oak Brook, Ill.).

"System and method for restraining a vehicle proximate a loading dock" was invented by John Schlintz (Mequon, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a wheel chock system is provided that includes a wheel chock with a sensor configured to detect a proximity of a wheel, and a controller operably coupled to the sensor and a peripheral device. The controller includes a processor configured to cause the peripheral device to have a first state in response to the sensor detecting the wheel within a first proximity. The processor is further config...