Loading dock range finding system
CA 2030228 A1 · Owner: Ivey, John · Inventors: Ivey, John; Koch, William; Wojciuch, Fred
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A loading dock range finding system is provided for permitting a driver of a vehicle backing towards a loading dock to determine a distance of the back end of the vehicle from a reference point at the loading dock. An ultrasonic transmitting and receiving transducer is positioned adjacent the loading dock for sending signals towards a back end of the truck which are, reflected and received by the transducer. A display unit is connected to the transducer and is mounted at a location adjacent the loading dock so that a visual display on the display unit can be easily viewed by a driver of the vehicle looking through his rear view mirror. A distance between the back end of the vehicle and the …
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- Filed November 19, 1990. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 19, 2010.
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