Patents Assigned to Stabilock, LLC
  • Publication number: 20250050841
    Abstract: A parked freight trailer stabilizer and restraint comprising: (a) a kingpin receiver configured to lock onto a kingpin of a parked freight trailer; (b) a jack operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the jack repositionable between a retracted position and an extended position; (c) a tail hold operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the tail hold repositionable between a stowed position and a restraining position, the tail hold configured to engage a ground mount; and, (d) a transport receiver configured to engage a transport vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Terrance Kimener
  • Patent number: 12084008
    Abstract: A parked freight trailer stabilizer and restraint comprising: (a) a kingpin receiver configured to lock onto a kingpin of a parked freight trailer; (b) a jack operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the jack repositionable between a retracted position and an extended position; (c) a tail hold operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the tail hold repositionable between a stowed position and a restraining position, the tail hold configured to engage a ground mount; and, (d) a transport receiver configured to engage a transport vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Terrance Kimener
  • Publication number: 20240221006
    Abstract: A trailer restraining device comprising a portable frame having mounted thereto a tail hook and a king pin receiver that includes at least one of a receiver hydraulic cylinder, a receiver pneumatic cylinder, a receiver electric actuator, and a receiver winch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Terrence Kimener
  • Publication number: 20240025495
    Abstract: Shunt truck-dock safety systems are disclosed. An example shunt truck-dock safety system may include a shunt truck interlock element configured to selectively prevent and/or allow operation of at least one operable component of a shunt truck and/or a shunt truck controller configured to direct operation of the shunt truck interlock element based at least in part upon a dock condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Mark Kimener
  • Patent number: 11760316
    Abstract: A parked freight trailer stabilizer and restraint comprising: (a) a kingpin receiver configured to lock onto a kingpin of a parked freight trailer; (b) a jack operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the jack repositionable between a retracted position and an extended position; (c) a tail hold operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the tail hold repositionable between a stowed position and a restraining position, the tail hold configured to engage a ground mount; and, (d) a transport receiver configured to engage a transport vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Terrance Kimener
  • Publication number: 20230249654
    Abstract: A parked freight trailer stabilizer and restraint comprising: (a) a kingpin receiver configured to lock onto a kingpin of a parked freight trailer; (b) a jack operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the jack repositionable between a retracted position and an extended position; (c) a tail hold operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the tail hold repositionable between a stowed position and a restraining position, the tail hold configured to engage a ground mount; and, (d) a transport receiver configured to engage a transport vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Terrance Kimener
  • Publication number: 20230242082
    Abstract: A parked freight trailer stabilizer and restraint comprising: (a) a kingpin receiver configured to lock onto a kingpin of a parked freight trailer; (b) a jack operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the jack repositionable between a retracted position and an extended position; (c) a tail hold operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the tail hold repositionable between a stowed position and a restraining position, the tail hold configured to engage a ground mount; and, (d) a transport receiver configured to engage a transport vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Terrance Kimener
  • Patent number: 11648996
    Abstract: A portable trailer stabilizer, comprising: (i) a support surface engagement element configured to selectively engage a support surface; (ii) a trailer engagement element configured to selectively engage a forward end portion of a trailer; (iii) a hydraulic cylinder operatively connected between the support surface engagement element and the trailer engagement element, the hydraulic cylinder configured to extend the trailer engagement element relative to the support surface engagement element; (iv) an on-board, self-contained energy source comprising a hydraulic accumulator operatively coupled to the hydraulic cylinder; (v) an isolation valve fluidically interposing the hydraulic cylinder and the hydraulic accumulator; (vi) a positioning element engagement element configured to selectively couple with a trailer stabilizer positioning element of a tractor; and (vii) a valve operator mechanism configured to (a) open the isolation valve when the when the positioning element engagement element is coupled to the tr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas T. Kimener
  • Patent number: 11628812
    Abstract: A parked freight trailer stabilizer and restraint comprising: (a) a kingpin receiver configured to lock onto a kingpin of a parked freight trailer; (b) a jack operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the jack repositionable between a retracted position and an extended position; (c) a tail hold operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the tail hold repositionable between a stowed position and a restraining position, the tail hold configured to engage a ground mount; and, (d) a transport receiver configured to engage a transport vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Terrance Kimener
  • Patent number: 11592140
    Abstract: Supports utilized to stabilize and/or support parked trailers, such as semitrailers parked at loading docks while loading and/or unloading cargo, are disclosed. Some example embodiments may include jacks mounted to repositionable frames, which may be mounted to posts. Some example embodiments may be configured to engage with king pin plates and/or king pins on the undersides of trailers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas T. Kimener, Robert P. Kimener
  • Publication number: 20220324664
    Abstract: A trailer stabilizing device for stabilizing a parked freight trailer, the trailer stabilizing device comprising a frame separate from the support frame of the parked freight trailer, the stabilizing device frame having mounted thereto wheels and a hitch, the stabilizing device including a repositionable jack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventors: R. Peter Kimener, Thomas Terrence Kimener, Daniel Wahlstrom
  • Patent number: 11434091
    Abstract: A trailer stabilizing device for stabilizing a parked freight trailer, the trailer stabilizing device comprising a frame separate from the support frame of the parked freight trailer, the stabilizing device frame having mounted thereto wheels and a hitch, the stabilizing device including a repositionable jack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventors: R. Peter Kimener, Thomas Terrence Kimener, Daniel Wahlstrom
  • Patent number: 11319172
    Abstract: A method of leveling a parked freight trailer at a loading dock, the method comprising: (a) positioning a portable stabilizing device at least partially underneath a forward portion of the parked freight trailer; (b) positioning a lift associated with the portable stabilizing device to bear weight of the forward portion of the parked freight trailer; (c) reorienting the parked freight trailer so a floor of the parked freight trailer goes from a substantially non-parallel orientation to an approximately parallel orientation with respect to a floor of the loading dock by repositioning at least one of the jack and a landing gear of the parked freight trailer; and, (e) maintaining the lift in a weight bearing position while goods are at least one of unloaded from or loaded onto the parked freight trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Terrance Kimener
  • Publication number: 20220055849
    Abstract: A trailer restraining device comprising a portable frame having mounted thereto a tail hook and a king pin receiver that includes at least one of a receiver hydraulic cylinder, a receiver pneumatic cylinder, a receiver electric actuator, and a receive winch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Terrance Kimener
  • Publication number: 20220041141
    Abstract: A parked freight trailer stabilizer and restraint comprising: (a) a kingpin receiver configured to lock onto a kingpin of a parked freight trailer; (b) a jack operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the jack repositionable between a retracted position and an extended position; (c) a tail hold operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the tail hold repositionable between a stowed position and a restraining position, the tail hold configured to engage a ground mount; and, (d) a transport receiver configured to engage a transport vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Terrance Kimener
  • Patent number: 11186261
    Abstract: A parked freight trailer stabilizer and restraint comprising: (a) a kingpin receiver configured to lock onto a kingpin of a parked freight trailer; (b) a jack operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the jack repositionable between a retracted position and an extended position; (c) a tail hold operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the tail hold repositionable between a stowed position and a restraining position, the tail hold configured to engage a ground mount; and, (d) a transport receiver configured to engage a transport vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Terrance Kimener
  • Patent number: 11180330
    Abstract: A repositionable trailer stabilizer for supporting at least a portion of a weight of a parked semi-trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Terrance Kimener
  • Publication number: 20210048141
    Abstract: Supports utilized to stabilize and/or support parked trailers, such as semitrailers parked at loading docks while loading and/or unloading cargo, are disclosed. Some example embodiments may include jacks mounted to repositionable frames, which may be mounted to posts. Some example embodiments may be configured to engage with king pin plates and/or king pins on the undersides of trailers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas T. Kimener, Robert P. Kimener
  • Publication number: 20210016984
    Abstract: A trailer stabilizing device for stabilizing a parked freight trailer, the trailer stabilizing device comprising a frame separate from the support frame of the parked freight trailer, the stabilizing device frame having mounted thereto wheels and a hitch, the stabilizing device including a repositionable jack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventors: R. Peter Kimener, Thomas Terrence Kimener, Daniel Wahlstrom
  • Publication number: 20200079604
    Abstract: A method of leveling a parked freight trailer at a loading dock, the method comprising: (a) positioning a portable stabilizing device at least partially underneath a forward portion of the parked freight trailer; (b) positioning a lift associated with the portable stabilizing device to bear weight of the forward portion of the parked freight trailer; (c) reorienting the parked freight trailer so a floor of the parked freight trailer goes from a substantially non-parallel orientation to an approximately parallel orientation with respect to a floor of the loading dock by repositioning at least one of the jack and a landing gear of the parked freight trailer; and, (e) maintaining the lift in a weight bearing position while goods are at least one of unloaded from or loaded onto the parked freight trailer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Terrance Kimener