Method of fabricating pad for supporting portion of a vessel hull

A method of fabricating a one-piece pad for supporting a portion of a vessel hull thereon, comprising:

• creating a product design in software for a mold, wherein creating the product design further includes:
• forming an upper planar surface portion with a plurality of ribs in spaced-apart relation there across and which extend substantially upward, the ribs serving as contact points to a surface portion of the vessel hull adapted to be supported by a structure supporting the to-be-formed one-piece pad thereon,
• forming a rear support ribbing portion representative of a bottom surface of the to-be-formed one-piece pad, and
• forming vertical sides between the upper planar surface portion with ribs and rear support ribbing portion,
• forming a mold based on the created product design,
• mounting the mold on an injection molding machine, and
• forcing plastic materials into the mold on the injection molding machine to form the one-piece pad.

A method of fabricating a one-piece pad for supporting a portion of a water-borne or aircraft vessel hull thereon, comprising:

• creating a product design in software for a mold, wherein creating the product design further includes:
• forming an upper planar surface portion with integral vertical sides around a periphery thereof of the to-be-formed one piece pad, forming the planar surface portion further including forming raised longitudinally elongated features in spaced-apart relation there across which extend substantially upward, spacings between the raised elongated features configured as a plurality of spaced channels providing for moisture runoff along the integral sides,
• forming a rear support ribbing portion representative of a bottom surface of the to-be-formed one-piece pad, and
• forming a mold based on the created product design,
• mounting the mold on an injection molding machine, and
• forcing plastic materials into the mold on the injection molding machine to form the one-piece pad.