Jon A Giuliani, Age 705305 Diversey Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53217

5394662, Mar 7, 1995

Jun 17, 1993

8/079145

Jon Giuliani - Whitefish Bay WI
William Triervieler - Dubuque IA
David J. Hoffmann - Dubuque IA
Thomas J. Boffeli - Dubuque IA
Thomas J. Medley - Dubuque IA
Robert Frommelt - Perosta IA
Kenneth Lenz - Cuba City WI
Thomas E. Duccini - Dubuque IA

Rite-Hite Corporation - Milwaukee WI

E04F 1004

521732

A loading dock shelter having a resilient and flexible seal assembly is provided for forming a substantially air-tight seal between the dock opening and the truck. The seal assembly comprises a support or panel member which is adapted to attach to the loading dock frame and to support a seal member. The seal member has a substantially hook-shaped cross-section adapted to hookedly engage the incoming truck and is capable of resiliently flexing between a hook-shaped cross-section in the disengaged position and a substantially straight cross-section in the sealing position in response to the truck. The hook-shaped cross section permits the seal member to sealably engage the interior wall of the truck, and, in the alternative, will seal against the peripheral edge of the truck, or the exterior wall of the truck depending on the size and position of the truck. The flexible seal member has a seal end adapted to bend and conform to the surface contours of the truck surface in the sealing position so as to form a substantially air-tight seal therewith.

5953868, Sep 21, 1999

Mar 21, 1997

8/822435

Jon A. Giuliani - Whitefish Bay WI
William Triervieler - Dubuque IA
David J. Hoffman - Dubuque IA
Thomas J. Boffeli - Dubuque IA
Thomas J. Medley - Dubuque IA
Robert J. Frommelt - Peosta IA
Kenneth F. Lenz - Cuba City WI
Thomas E. Duccini - Dubuque IA

Rite-Hite Holding Corporation - Milwaukee WI

E04F 1004

521732

A loading dock shelter having a resilient and flexible seal assembly is provided for forming a substantially air-tight seal between the dock opening and the truck. The seal assembly comprises a support or panel member which is adapted to attach to the loading dock frame and to support a seal member. The seal member has a substantially hook-shaped cross-section adapted to hookably engage the incoming truck and is capable of resiliently flexing between a hook-shaped cross-section in the disengaged position and a substantially straight cross-section in the sealing position in response to the truck. The hook-shaped cross section permits the seal member to sealably engage the interior wall of the truck, and, in the alternative, will seal against the peripheral edge of the truck, or the exterior wall of the truck depending on the size and position of the truck. The flexible seal member has a seal end adapted to bend and conform to the surface contours of the truck surface in the sealing position so as to form a substantially air-tight seal therewith.

5675945, Oct 14, 1997

Dec 11, 1995

8/570622

Jon Giuliani - Whitefish Bay WI
Bill Triervieler - Dubuque IA
David Hoffmann - Dubuque IA
Tom Boffeli - Dubuque IA
Tom Medley - Dubuque IA
Bob Frommelt - Perosta IA
Ken Lenz - Cuba City WI
Tom Duccini - Dubuque IA

Rite-Hite Corporation - Milwaukee WI

E04B 134
E06B 720

521732

A loading dock shelter having rotating seal members is provided for forming a relatively air-tight seal between the dock opening and a truck so as to prevent air movement between the inside and the outside of the building during loading and unloading operations. The loading dock shelter has a frame assembly rigidly attached to the periphery of the dock opening and seal members rotatably mounted to the frame assembly on either side of the dock opening so that the truck may fit therebetween and form a seal between the exterior walls of the truck and the seal member. The seal members are rotatably movable between a first (open) position and a second (sealing) position in response to the movement of the truck into and out of the loading dock. In the first position, the seal members project into the path of the truck so that the truck engages the seal members as it backs into the loading dock. After the truck initially engages the seal members, the continued rearward movement of the truck rotates the seal members from the open position to the sealing position wherein the seal members are then compressed against the exterior walls of the truck so as to prevent interference with the loading and/or unloading of the truck.