IP Library Granted Patent US 12686576
Granted Patent B2
US 12686576 · App. 17/902,510 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Adjustable mobile loading dock

Inventors: Grant Leum (Excelsior, MN); Eric Demerath (Shepherd, MI); Nick Benz (Hopkins, MN)
Assignee: Leum Engineering, Inc.
B65G69/006B65G69/30
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12686576
App. No.
17/902,510
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A modular loading dock for placement on a grade, the loading dock including a mobile base having four adjustable leg members, each adjustable leg member including two adjustable feet which contact and conform to the grade, the four leg members defining a top opening to receive a dock leveler into such opening. The modular loading dock may also include two pairs of opposing adjustable plates, each pair of opposing adjustable plates being connected between the two adjustable feet on two adjacent adjustable leg members such that each adjustable leg member is connected to only one pair of opposing adjustable plates.

Claims (9)

1 . A modular loading dock for placement on a grade, the loading dock comprising:

a mobile base having four adjustable leg members, each adjustable leg member including two adjustable feet which contact and conform to the grade, the four leg members defining a top opening to receive a dock leveler into such opening; and

two pairs of opposing adjustable plates, each pair of opposing adjustable plates being connected between the two adjustable feet on two adjacent adjustable leg members such that each adjustable leg member is connected to only one pair of opposing adjustable plates.

2 . The modular loading dock of claim 1 wherein the two adjustable feet on each leg member are independently adjustable.

3 . The modular loading dock of claim 2 wherein the two adjustable feet are configured to adjust in a left side to right side direction as well as in a front-to-back direction so as to allow the two adjustable feet to conform to the grade.

4 . The modular loading dock of claim 1 wherein the adjustable leg members include one or more adjustment structures, the adjustment structures having a locking bolt, a first locking nut and a second locking nut.

5 . The modular loading dock of claim 1 further including a housing consisting of a modular frame mounted onto the mobile base in sections, such sections including a frame-front wall, opposed frame-sidewalls and a frame-top wall, the frame-front wall having a vehicle-receiving opening to receive a back end of a vehicle.

6 . The modular loading dock of claim 5 wherein the housing is secured to a wall of a building.

7 . The modular loading dock of claim 1 wherein the mobile base is removable and able to be transported to different locations.