US 10,479,456 B1Granted

Deck structure

AssigneeAmerican Muscle Docks & Fabrication LLC

InventorLucas Diserio

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Abstract

The subject invention relates to a method for affixing two or more structures to be used in connection with a floating dock, stationary dock, gang plank, swim platform, or the like. The subject invention more specifically discloses a deck structure which is comprised of one or more sections which are adapted to be interconnected, wherein said sections are comprised of a frame, and a deck, wherein the frame is comprised of a first box-channel on a first side of the frame, a second box-channel on the second side of the frame, and at least two self-squaring cross braces, wherein the self-squaring cross braces are attached to both the first side and the second side of the frame, and wherein the deck is attached to the top side of the frame.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A marine deck structure kit which can be assembled into one or more sections which are adapted to be interconnected, said sections being comprised of a frame and a deck, said kit being comprised of components for assembly into the frame including a first box-channel which is adapted to form a first side of the frame, a second box-channel which is adapted to form a second side of the frame, a first end plate which is adapted to form a first end of the frame, a second end plate which is adapted to form a second end of the frame, a center support plate, a first steel angle which is adapted for attachment to a first side of the center support plate at a point which is midway between the two ends of the center support plate, a second steel angle which is adapted for attachment to an opposing side of the center support plate at a point which is midway between the two ends of the center support plate, and four self-squaring cross braces, wherein the self-squaring cross braces are adapted for attachment to both the first side and the second side of the frame, wherein the four self-squaring cross braces are adapted to provide support for the center support plate and include (1) a first self-squaring cross brace that is adapted to extend from a first end of the first box-channel to the first steel angle;

(2) a second self-squaring cross brace that is adapted to extend from a second end of the first box-channel to the first steel angle;
(3) a third self-squaring cross brace that is adapted to extend from a first end of the second box-channel to the second steel angle;
and (4) a fourth self-squaring cross brace that is adapted to extend from a second end of the second box-channel to the second steel angle, wherein the first box-channel and the second box-channel include cross-brace mounting brackets which are oriented to align the center support plate in a parallel orientation with respect to the first box-channel and the second box-channel, where the first box-channel and the second box-channel are of equal length;
and said kit further being comprised of a multitude of planks which are adapted for attachment to the top side of the frame and which extend from the first side of the frame to the second side of the frame to form the deck.

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A method for constructing a structural frame section, wherein said structural frame section is adapted to be interconnected with additional structural frame sections, and wherein the structural frame section or one or more interconnected structural frame sections can be assembled into a marine deck structure, said method being comprised of the steps of (1) providing a first box-channel which is adapted to form a first side of the frame section, a second box-channel which is adapted to form a second side of the frame section, a first end plate which is adapted to form a first end of the frame section, a second end plate which is adapted to form a second end of the frame section, a center support plate, a first steel angle which is adapted for attachment to a first side of the center support plate at a point which is midway between the two ends of the center support plate, a second steel angle which is adapted for attachment to an opposing side of the center support plate at a point which is midway between the two ends of the center support plate, and four self-squaring cross braces, wherein the self-squaring cross braces are adapted for attachment to both the first side and the second side of the frame, wherein the four self-squaring cross braces are adapted to provide support for the center support plate and include (i) a first self-squaring cross brace that is adapted to extend from a first end of the first box-channel to the first steel angle;

(ii) a second self-squaring cross brace that is adapted to extend from a second end of the first box-channel to the first steel angle;
(iii) a third self-squaring cross brace that is adapted to extend from a first end of the second box-channel to the second steel angle;
and (iv) a fourth self-squaring cross brace that is adapted to extend from a second end of the second box-channel to the second steel angle, wherein the first box-channel and the second box-channel include cross-brace mounting brackets which are oriented to align the center support plate in a parallel orientation with respect to the first box-channel and the second box-channel, where the first box-channel and the second box-channel are of equal length;
(2) connecting a first end of the first end plate to the first end of the first box-channel through a first attachment angle;
(3) connecting a second end of the first end plate to the first end of the second box-channel through a second attachment angle;
(4) connecting a first end of the second end plate to the second end of the first box-channel through a third attachment angle;
(5) connecting a second end of the second end plate to the second end of the second box-channel through a fourth attachment angle;
(6) attaching the center support plate to the first end plate through a fifth attachment angle which is situated at a point which is midway between the first end of the first end plate and the second end of the first end plate;
(7) attaching the center support plate to the second end plate through a sixth attachment angle which is situated at a point which is midway between the first end of the second end plate and the second end of the second end plate;
(8) attaching the first self-squaring cross brace to extend from the first end of the first box-channel to the first steel angle;
(9) attaching the second self-squaring cross brace to extend from a second end of the first box-channel to the first steel angle;
(10) attaching the third self-squaring cross brace to extend from a first end of the second box-channel to the second steel angle;
and (11) attaching the fourth self-squaring cross brace to extend from a second end of the second box-channel to the second steel angle, wherein the first box-channel and the second box-channel include cross-brace mounting brackets which are oriented to align the center support plate in a parallel orientation with respect to the first box-channel and the second box-channel;
with the proviso that steps (2) through (11) can be carried out in any order.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/006,001Filed 12 Jun 2018 · division
Priority: 4 Feb 2015
Granted: 19 Nov 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

E02B 3/068
Moles; Piers; Quays; Quay walls; Groynes; Breakwaters ; Wave dissipating walls; Quay equipment: landing stages for vessels
B63B 27/14
Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers: of ramps, gangways or outboard ladders ; Pilot lifts
B63C 1/02
Dry-docking of vessels or flying-boats: floating docks
Y02A 10/11
At coastal zones; at river basins: hard structures, e.g. dams, dykes or breakwaters

Family

Application62/111,887Us provisional application · filed 4 Feb 2015
Application15/015,678Parent of this division · filed 4 Feb 2016
US 10,017,230 B1Parent of this division
US 10,479,456 B1This patent

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