US Patent Issued to Rentokil Initial 1927 on Dec. 2 for "Seals for dock levelling systems, methods of sealing gaps in dock levelling systems, and methods of arranging seals for dock levelling systems for storage or transportation" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,126, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Rentokil Initial 1927 PLC (Camberley, Great Britain).

"Seals for dock levelling systems, methods of sealing gaps in dock levelling systems, and methods of arranging seals for dock levelling systems for storage or transportation" was invented by Gary Wingett (Southampton, Great Britain), Mark Brown (Prestatyn, Great Britain) and Robert Shand (Copthrone, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal for a dock levelling system including a movable ramp arranged within a recess. The seal is for sealing a gap between a side of the movable ramp and a wall of the recess, and including a flexible s...