Corrosion resistant prestressed concrete float system
OwnerHoward Thomsoninventor
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Abstract
A corrosion resistant prestressed float unit including a buoyant core encased within a polymeric coating, concrete encasing the core and polymeric coating, a corrosion resistant mesh to reinforce the concrete, and a plurality of corrosion resistant pretensioned fiber members extending the entire length of the unit.
Claims7
A corrosion resistant prestressed float system, comprising one or more float units, each including a buoyant core encased within a polymeric coating, concrete encasing the core and polymeric coating, a corrosion resistant mesh to reinforce the concrete, and a plurality of corrosion resistant pretensioned fiber members extending the entire length of the unit.
A corrosion resistant prestressed float unit comprising a buoyant core encased within a polymeric coating, concrete encasing the core and polymeric coating, a corrosion resistant mesh to reinforce the concrete, and a plurality of corrosion resistant pretensioned fiber members extending the entire length of the unit.
A floating dock system comprising a plurality of corrosion resistant prestressed float units, wherein the float units each comprise a buoyant core encased within a polymeric coating, concrete encasing the core and polymeric coating, a corrosion resistant mesh to reinforce the concrete, and a plurality of corrosion resistant pretensioned fiber members extending the entire length of the unit.
The dock system of claim 6, further comprising a plurality of chaseways defined within each of the units and a plurality post tensioning members received within the chaseways for interconnecting a plurality of the units in a desired manner to provide the dock system claim 8. The dock system of claim 6, wherein one or more of the units includes a vent extending from the core to an exterior surface of the concrete and in communication with the atmosphere for venting gases from the core to the atmosphere.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.