ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,761, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Rentokil Initial 1927 PLC (Great Britain).
"Seals for dock levelling systems, and methods of sealing gaps in dock levelling systems" was invented by Mark Brown (Prestatyn, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal for a dock levelling system including a movable hinged ramp arranged within a recess. The seal is for sealing a horizontal gap between the hinged end of the movable ramp and a wall of the recess, and includes a rod and a tube of flexible material surrounding the rod."
The patent was filed on Jan. 20, 2021, under Application No. 17/796,089.
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