A control panel is configured to operate one or more dock devices in a loading dock environment. The control panel can be supported at least in part by a bollard disposed in the loading dock environment. In one form, the bollard is configured to contain portions of the control panel and dock devices including sensors, lights, and the like. In one form, the control panel and one or more dock devices are mounted to a preexisting bollard to add functionality to the loading dock environment.

A control panel is configured to operate one or more dock devices in a loading dock environment. The control panel can be supported at least in part by a bollard disposed in the loading dock environment. In one form, the bollard is configured to contain portions of the control panel and dock devices including sensors, lights, and the like. In one form, the control panel and one or more dock devices are mounted to a preexisting bollard to add functionality to the loading dock environment.

Example vehicle restraints with a barrier having rotational and translational motion are described. An example vehicle restraint includes a carriage frame movable vertically relative to the dock. A drive shaft is supported by the carriage frame. A drive unit is to rotate the drive shaft about a shaft axis and relative to the carriage frame. A hub is connected to rotate with the drive shaft about the shaft axis, the hub having an outer diameter surface that is radially off center relative to the shaft axis. A barrier defines a bore that encircles the outer diameter surface of the hub. The barrier is movable selectively to an extended position and a retracted position. The barrier being connected to move selectively to the extended position and the retracted position in response to relative rotation between the outer diameter surface of the hub and the bore of the barrier.

Example vehicle restraints with a barrier having rotational and translational motion are described. An example vehicle restraint includes a carriage frame movable vertically relative to the dock. A drive shaft is supported by the carriage frame. A drive unit is to rotate the drive shaft about a shaft axis and relative to the carriage frame. A hub is connected to rotate with the drive shaft about the shaft axis, the hub having an outer diameter surface that is radially off center relative to the shaft axis. A barrier defines a bore that encircles the outer diameter surface of the hub. The barrier is movable selectively to an extended position and a retracted position. The barrier being connected to move selectively to the extended position and the retracted position in response to relative rotation between the outer diameter surface of the hub and the bore of the barrier.

A barrier rail system is used with a truck well or drive-through truck bay, in which a truck, such as a flatbed trailer is positioned. The truck well has a floor and opposing upstanding side walls and at least one stanchion positioned on a surface adjacent to and outboard of one of the upstanding side walls. The barrier rail system includes a barrier rail having at least one upright post and at least one post mounted transverse to the upright post. A movable link is mounted to the upright post and mountable to the stanchion. The barrier rail is movable from a stowed position in which the barrier rail is adjacent the upstanding sidewall to a deployed position in which the barrier rail is moved away from the upstanding sidewall and the stanchion and over the well. The system can also be used on drive-through truck bays.

A method of loading and/or unloading a loading space is provided having a loading vehicle that drives into the loading space at least once to place down and/or to collect at least one load object, wherein an access zone of the loading space is safeguarded by at least one first sensor and the loading vehicle is safeguarded by at least one second sensor, In this respect, on driving into the loading space, the loading vehicle first drives to a first position that is so close to the safeguarded access zone that no person fits between the loading vehicle and the safeguarded access zone and the safeguarding of the access zone is then adapted by the first sensor such that a drive-through corridor for the loading vehicle is created.