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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7806630 | Docking system with joint supports A set of components that can be used to construct a structurally sound dock are disclosed. The components can be extruded and the components are shaped such that interconnected components provide support for the other components thereby alleviating weak points due t... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7390141 | Wave-attenuating system A wave-attenuating system. The wave-attenuating system includes a flexible, resilient barrier member that is disposed in a body of water and oriented to interrupt and dissipate the wave action of oncoming waves. The barrier member desirably is constructed from a sub... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7241078 | Modular pier system A modular pier includes a plurality of modular pier sections. The plurality of modular pier sections includes at least a first pier section and a second pier section wherein the pier sections include a frame having a first end and a second end opposite the first end... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7144199 | Retractable dock The automated, rotary retractable dock will have the elevated structural skeleton of a regular or seasonal dock. This includes the pilings and cross members. The pilings will support guide rails running (track-like) between them. The pilings will also be fixed with ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6932020 | Boat boarding device A boat boarding device for use in combination with the side or transom of a boat, the device hingedly connects with the boat, can be pivoted downwardly into the water, adjusted by an adjustment device for maintaining its horizontal stability, and in addition, floata... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6851893 | Portable mooring dock for a boat A portable mooring dock for a boat for allowing a user to secure and safely anchor one's boat along a shoreline. The portable mooring dock for a boat includes boat connectors being fastenable to a boat; and also includes a boat mooring assembly being attached to the... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6558083 | Dock installation and removal apparatus and method An apparatus and method are provided for installing successive segments of a segmented dock. A suspension structure is connected to a previously installed segment of dock. The suspension structure includes a frame rotator for rotating a dock frame from an... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6526706 | Beach stairway A highly stable beach access stairway is described that includes steps constructed of first and second parallel stringers with a plurality of treads extending between the stringers; upper, intermediate and lower support posts upon which the stringers are ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6450737 | Floating concrete dock sections and methods for making the same A floating dock assembly comprising a plurality of interconnected concrete float sections is disclosed. Each float section comprises a concrete shell having a deck portion, opposing side walls, opposing end walls, and an open bottom which together define ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6431794 | Dock technology A dock support bracket has a central clamp of general C shape having an internal channel and opposing first and second side arms. The bracket has a clamping screw and a first beam mounting base on the first side arm and has an abutment and a second beam m... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6428242 | Folding support for removable piers and similar structures The removable pier support system of the present invention comprises a plurality of folding pier support posts. Each post has a platform section having a horizontal base plate for supporting the post on a bed of a body of water. The base plate has a lower... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6425711 | Combination step and ramp apparatus for floating docks A combination step and ramp apparatus for floating docks for providing safety for boaters ascending and descending the floating dock. The combination step and ramp apparatus for floating docks includes a pair of elongate step support members being spaced ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6318932 | Seasonal dock with self-stowing lifting device A seasonal dock having a self-stowing lifting device having a mounting structure, a tower structure, and a platform structure, where the tower structure and platform structure are hinged to the mounting structure, and the tower structure stows inside the ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6217259 | Portable modular dock system A portable modular boat dock system of improved assembly and disassembly, which comprises a plurality of dock sections, a leg supporting unit for pivotal, detachable connection to a shoreward end of each dock section, a releasable latching unit for connec... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6192541 | Dynamic ramp interface system A dynamic ramp interface system to allow a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ship to unload and load onto a pier, floating storage facility, or other ship during high sea states. The dynamic ramp interface system includes a motion compensation damping system attach... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6033151 | Float unit with corrugated surfaces A float unit includes a number of corrugated side surfaces and a number of holed ears each formed between each two adjacent side corrugated surfaces. One of the corrugated side surfaces of one float unit engages with that of another float unit to provide ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5788416 | Portable modular dock system A portable dock system consisting of aluminum tubular longitudinal and transverse elements, arranged to provide high torsional rigidity. The design incorporates an integral handle for installation and a guide and clamp system for leg installation. These e... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5238324 | Combination wheeled boat dock and lift This invention relates to a combination wheeled boat duck and lift which is portable for easy, convenient, and safe movement to and use in almost any location about a body of water. The boat dock and lift comprises a pair of wing decks hingedly attached t... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5165823 | Portable dock apparatus A first plate pivotally mounted to a second plate is secured to a shoreline, wherein the second plate includes a central bore rotatably receiving a bridge plate axle therethrough, wherein the bridge plate axle is mounted orthogonally oriented relative to ... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5044829 | Mooring system A mooring system comprising a multiple degree of freedom coupler interconnecting a floatation section and an anchoring section of a dock system. The system also comprises a drawbridge section, a gangway section and a shoreline mooring section. The multipl... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4990029 | Mooring system A mooring system comprising a multiple degree of freedom coupler interconnecting a floatation section and an anchoring section of a dock system. The system also comprises a drawbridge section, a gangway section and a shoreline mooring section. The multipl... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4948300 | Multiple section pier and installation assembly A novel multiple pier section and installation assembly includes a plurality of modular pier sections, a dolly for transporting, installing and removing the individual pier sections, and a dolly locator. The pier sections have a hinged pier section interc... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4930184 | Hinge assembly for connecting a float to a base A hinge assembly means for connecting a float to a base includes a male member means connected to one of the base and the float having a cylindrical outwardly extending boss and a female member means connected to the other of the base and the float having... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4838735 | Stable floating pier A floating pier structure comprising a floating platform, an anchored base, and an articulated, parallelogram linkage structure pivotably connecting the platform to the base so that the platform will remain substantially level on the surface as water cond... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4804298 | Anchor and hinge arrangement for docks Disclosed is an anchoring pad (12) and hinge arrangement (45) for use with a dock structure (10) in a body of water (11). The concrete anchoring pad (12) includes a steel angle (44) and a reinforcing structure (40). A hinge (45) having a vertical and hori... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4695195 | Folding boat dock A boat dock assembly for retrievable extension into a body of water comprises a base section secured to the shore, a plurality of dock sections pivotally secured in an end-to-end relation by connecting hinges, legs attached to the forward end of each dock... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4683833 | Hinge connector for floating dock A floating dock having individual dock sections pivotally interconnected by continuous metal hinge connectors to permit relative vertical pivoting movement between adjacent dock sections. The hinge connectors each comprise a pair of elongated metal hinge ... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4645380 | Docking system The disclosure relates to a dock that is relatively easily assembled and disassembled. The dock comprises a number of dock sections, each of which is provided with a leg portion that engages the bottom of a lake or body of water. The opposite end of each ... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4581784 | Ramp apparatus A ramp apparatus which provides access from a pier to a moored floating dock. The ramp is attached at its upper end by means of a double gimbel joint so as to permit the lateral and vertical motion of the dock and ramp. The lower end of the ramp is provid... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4505619 | Combined boat trailer and portable dock apparatus A wheeled boat trailer of the type used to tow a boat to a body of water is provided with a walkway leading to a dock ramp hingedly coupled to the rear end of the trailer for rearward extension into the body of water after the boat has been launched. Down... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4386441 | Folding pontoon arrangement A folding pontoon arrangement comprises one, or preferably two pairs of pontoons. The pontoons in each pontoon pair are mutually, pivotably connected about a hinge line at the upper side of the pontoons. One of the pontoons of each pair has a chamber situ... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4337545 | Bridges for providing access from a water-borne craft to the shore A ship to shore bridge is movable between a stowed position in which it is received in a recess formed in a quay face and effectively forms a continuation of the quay face along the length of the recess, so that the quay can be used in normal manner, and ... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4169296 | Connecting bridge for personnel to connect two mutually movable marine structures A personnel bridge for connecting a stationary offshore working platform 1 to a floating housing platform 2. A first span 3 is vertically pivoted at 5 to the platform 1 on one end, and vertically pivoted at 6 to the outer end of a second span 4 whose inne... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4133067 | Articulating gangway An articulating gangway having an elongated member forming a passageway and pivotally mounted on a supporting base for vertical swinging movement about a substantially horizontal axis and slewing movement about a vertical axis. A position control assembly... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4126006 | Boat dock assembly A boat dock assembled from portable sections hingedly connected to each other and provided with foldable and adjustably extensible leg assemblies. Each section is formed from tread retaining decking members made of extruded metal sections interconnected i... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4123912 | Lightweight demountable dock assembly A dock assembly wherein single or interconnected composite beam mainspans are connected to a ramp extending from shore to the first neighboring mainspan and one end of each of said mainspans is supported by a tripod structure and the other end by vertical... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4107932 | Portable dock This portable dock consists primarily of a channelled body portion, for being anchored on the bank of a body of water, the body portion being hinged to a ladder, which is elevatable, and provided with anchor pin means for embedding into the bed beneath th... | 08/22/1978 |
