Patent
Modular floating dock
Denis Guibault
- 28 Jan 1985
41
TL;DR: In this article, an interlocking assembly for floating dock units of quadrangular section, comprising eye lugs, outwardly projecting from the four corners of the floating units, is described.
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Abstract: There is disclosed an interlocking assembly for floating dock units of quadrangular section, comprising eye lugs, outwardly projecting from the four corners of the floating units. The lugs are superposable one over the others at the junction of four adjacent floating units. A bolt is provided, including a head and a threaded spindle with an associated nut. The bolt spindle is engageable through the eye of each lug for connecting the four adjacent floating units. The nut has inturned guide flanges releasably engaging the lowermost lug for holding the nut in register with the lug and for preventing its rotation when the bolt is screwed within the nut. Bumpers and cleats are also provided and secured to exposed lugs around the dock.
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Floating dock or the like and floatation unit for use therewith
Shuman Robert Arthur
- 22 Sep 1971
TL;DR: A floating dock, raft or the like is made with special plastic floatation units as discussed by the authors, which consist of a pair of vacuum formed polyethylene sheets heat sealed together at peripheral flanges thereof.
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Taylor Charles William
- 28 Nov 1962
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