Dock leveler
CA 2009878 C · Owner: Serco Corporation (The) · Inventors: Alexander, James C.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A dock leveler having a rigid flat deck and a rigid hinge pin coupling the leveler to a loading dock or leveler frame element. The deck is supported by a series of spaced box beams, each one split longitudinally to provide the necessary torsional flexibility to allow a rigid hinge pin. The use of a box beam geometry still serves to provide the required load support for the deck.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed February 13, 1990 and granted June 22, 1993. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 13, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by February 13, 2012.
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