Low-profile vehicle restraint

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A vehicle restraint includes a restraining member that rises to an operative position and lowers to a stored position to respectively engage and release an ICC bar, of a truck parked at a loading dock. In moving to the lowered stored position the, restraining member also rotates off to its side so as not to obstruct snow , removal, equipment or incoming vehicles having an especially low ICC bar or low ground clearance. In some embodiments, rotation of the restraining member is achieved by, various actuators that apply a generally uniform torque. A resilient member moves, the restraining member upward to engage the ICC bar and allows for vertical, movement of the truck as it is being …