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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166901 | Dock system There is provided a dock having a pair of primary frame members and a pair of secondary frame members. A plurality of cross members extends between the pair of primary frame members. The dock includes a plurality of cross member connectors for connecting the cross m... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8136468 | Hinge for floating dock assembly In particular embodiments, a connection assembly for interconnecting two adjacent floats includes first and second hinge mounting members that are secured to respective floats, such as floating concrete dock sections, and a flexible hinge that is releasably connecte... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8091500 | Over-the-water dock An over-the-water dock includes a plurality of modular floating docks adjacently positioned. Each modular floating dock includes a float and a plurality of walers fixedly attaches to the float and walers include at least one outer waler and an inner waler. One or mo... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8069807 | Floating drive-on watercraft docking system The floating drive-on docking system for a watercraft uses a main floatation portion where the watercraft rests when loaded and a pivoting entry portion for creating a low loading angle between the watercraft and the floating drive-on docking system, resulting in on... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8037837 | Floating dock and dock unit for making such The present document describes a dock unit attachable to another dock unit with a fastener for forming a floating dock. The dock unit comprises a floating body having a mating surface and an attachment adapted to receive the fastener. Thereby attaching the floating ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7966961 | Pontoons A pontoon structure consisting of two concrete side members with a buoyancy member interposed between them, a plurality of transverse members linking the side members and a deck extending between the side members. ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7918178 | Modular floating watercraft port assembly A floating watercraft port system is provided which allows for a designer to develop a port assembly of a desired configuration. The system comprises an entry member, an extension member and a bulkhead. The entry member comprises a cradle having an entrance section;... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7845300 | Modular floating marine dock A modular floating marine dock includes a polyethylene float that defines a top surface. A plurality of parallel walers fixedly attaches to the top surface in longitudinal orientation and with a proximal end extending no further than halfway across the top surface. ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7784419 | Floating dock structure A floating dock structure is comprised of a pair of single-piece side rails secured together in spaced-apart substantially parallel relationship by a plurality of single-piece cross-members connected between the side rails to a lower tubular portion thereof. The sid... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7640881 | Dock system There is provided a dock having a pair of primary frame members and a pair of secondary frame members. The primary and secondary frame members are formed of a fiber-reinforced resin material. The primary frame members extend parallel to a primary axis and are arrang... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7603959 | Use of prefabricated components in floating structures Novel prefabricated structural components such as precast concrete boxes having forms including rectangular parallelepipeds and hexagonal cylinders are disclosed which can be assembled together and/or with structural shapes disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,697,736 and ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7481175 | Floating dock A floating dock for supporting a personal watercraft out of the water when not in use. The floating dock comprises an elongate platform having a recess on its upper surface. The recess is shaped to receive the hull of the personal watercraft and has a forward wall p... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7464659 | Apparatus for affixing a dock to a mooring pole An apparatus is disclosed especially configured and adapted for mooring a floating dock to a mooring pile. The apparatus minimizes damage to both dock and mooring piles caused by changes in tide, waves, wake and other water disturbances while, simultaneously, adding... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7461611 | Floating pontoon berthing facility for ferries and ships A berthing facility for use in moving vehicles between a shore facility and a bow/stern-loading RORO ferry, having a substantially rigid floating pontoon comprising several modules joined one to another, a two-tier vehicle ramp running from the shore to the pontoon,... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7426898 | Floating berth modular dock system assembly A floating boat lift has a platform, first and second parallel spaced apart arms and a boat holding region defined therebetween, the defined boatholding region having a linking strip of half-blocks with an aligned groove for accepting and guiding a boat keel. The li... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7410395 | Parent-child type boat with generator A parent-child type boat having an electric power generating device, such as a fuel cell. The boat includes a parent boat and at least one child boat which is smaller than the parent boat. The parent boat is equipped with a generating device. The child boat is equip... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406924 | Pole bracket for a dock A pole bracket for a dock assembly has with a c-shaped opening for receiving the pole, on which a dock section may be mounted. For the pole bracket for a dock, one side of the bracket allows for attachment to a dock section, while the other and opposing side of the ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7367747 | Adjustable and extending transport cradle for watercraft A cradle assembly for moving and positioning a watercraft with respect to a support module. The cradle assembly comprises a plurality of horizontally varying cradle beams, a cradle wall extending upward from the cradle beams and a transportation track traversing the... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7341422 | Container transportation system and method A container transportation system and method which includes a number of enclosed containers adapted to contain freight and protect the freight in a marine environment, a vehicle adapted to lift, transport, orient and place the containers on a support surface, a mari... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7314017 | Mechanical flexor drive connector system for modular causeway system A flexor connector drive system for mechanical flexors of a modular causeway system includes a linear slide mechanism coupled to a linear drive located within a well on a first section of the causeway system. The linear slide mechanism is adapted to be driven out of... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7302902 | Inflatable mooring station An inflatable mooring station is adapted for use with a fixed or floating platform extending over a body of water. The mooring station is attached to the platform, and designed for holding a water craft in a generally stationary position relative to the platform. Th... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293522 | Roller assembly for floating dock A roller assembly facilitates travel of a watercraft hull on a floating dock having a longitudinal, keel-receiving valley with a pair of flanking ridges supporting opposite sides of the hull during docking and launching of the craft. Pockets in the ridges contain wh... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284497 | Swing mooring pontoon A swing mooring element comprising a modular pontoon (40) configured to enable two vessels (41, 42) to be moored side by side and including an area (49) between the vessels which allows a person to walk between the vessels. The pontoons (67, ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7273018 | Modular floating dock frame and interconnection system A modular floating dock system utilizing steel frame modules that are interconnected to form the dock system desired, the modules preferably having a concrete deck and pontoons or floats with the modules being interconnected with high strength bolts with a primary s... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267071 | Apparatuses and methods useful for centering watercraft Apparatuses and methods useful for helping to center watercraft—such as personal watercraft, ski boats, fishing boats, luxury boats, and the like—as they are docked (such as on trailers or watercraft-lifting systems), especially in rough waters and/or strong cro... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255738 | Lightweight cementitious composite material A lightweight cementitious composite material includes expanded synthetic polymer particulate having a particle size of between 0.0625 and 0.5 inches. A dispersant coating on said particulate suppresses electrostatic attraction between particulate particles. A matri... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255055 | Floating docking system A floating dock comprises a plurality of floats, and a plurality of connectors for joining the floats together, each float having a top surface, a bottom surface, two opposed side surfaces and two opposed end surfaces. Each of the side and end surfaces have at least... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7243608 | Methods and apparatus for assembling docks A method of assembling a dock is provided. The method includes positioning a first dock module adjacent a second dock module wherein each dock module includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of sidewalls extending therebetween. Each top surface incl... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7225750 | Rescue ship for disabled vessels, vessels rescue method, and use of a rescue ship A rescue ship for a disabled vessel includes a hull which delimits an elongated dock (12) which is at least 150 m long and preferably at least 250 m long and at least 30 m wide and preferably at least 45 m wide, and including a ballasting device enabling drau... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225751 | Connecting link assembly and socket arrangement for assembly of floating drive-on dry docks The present invention provides a connecting link assembly and socket arrangement for assembling modular dock and/or deck elements into walkways, decks and drive-on docks. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7216603 | Structure for use in body of water having reduced width for ground transport A structure can be installed in and removed from a body of water in a seasonal fashion. The structure has a lower level that includes a boat lift and may include an upper level that provides an entertainment area. The structure carries a buoyancy system for selectiv... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213531 | Multidirectional floating dock element The present invention relates to a multidirectional floating element. The multidirectional floating element is preferably a polyhedron in overall shape including a first generally planar surface adapted for use a deck, a second surface having a V-shaped channel adap... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7194971 | Lift arrangement for boats A lifting arrangement for lifting boats 2 off the water and for putting boats 2 onto the water is provided, which comprises a crane 8, 9, 27 and pallets or cassettes 16 to be arranged under the hull of a boat 2 to be lifted or put ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7185599 | Jet drive propulsion system for a pontoon boat A pontoon boat is provided with a jet drive propulsion system in which an impeller is driven by an engine. The jet drive propulsion device is dirigible as a result of the fact that a nozzle of the device is rotatable about a generally vertical steering axis. The jet... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181889 | System and method for fastening floor deck to semi-trailer cross members A cargo carrier includes a plurality of laterally extending and longitudinally spaced-apart cross members, a plurality of longitudinally extending decking extrusions supported on the cross members and forming a cargo deck, and retainers securing the decking extrusio... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182034 | Offshore floating dock The docking system of the invention comprises: at least one docking unit having an axis to which at least two boats may be docked offshore; at least one buoyant members coupled to docking unit; and at least one anchoring member adapted to anchor the platform to a su... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182035 | Boat slip step assembly A boat slip step assembly (10) for being mounted proximate the corner of a boat slip (16). The step assembly (10) includes at least one tread member (24) for being mounted in a corner of the boat slip (16) below the level of the up... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168380 | Boat lift systems A module for a boat lift that combines features of both pontoon type and modular type constructions. Each module includes upper and lower pontoons, and can be connected in-line to form one side of a lift, and in parallel to form opposed sides of a lift. A typical li... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7153064 | Pipe sleeve for a floating dock A pipe sleeve assembly includes a base plate and a sleeve portion. The base plate includes a base portion defining a longitudinal axis. The base plate further includes a first flange extending from the base portion in a first direction generally normal to the longit... | 12/26/2006 |
