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US 2015/0307170 A1Published application
Floating dock
Assignee0926084 B.C. Ltd.
InventorsDaniel WITTENBERG, Lockhart Gordon MCCALLUM, Robert William Richard FIELD
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Abstract
A floating dock is provided. The floating dock has a buoyant core. The sidewalls of the buoyant core have grooves. A reinforcing truss is embedded in and extends through the grooves. The grooves may be filled with concrete.
Claims19
A floating dock comprising:
- a buoyant core having sidewalls with concrete-filled grooves;
- and
- a reinforcing truss embedded in and extending through the concrete-filled grooves.
A method of constructing a floating dock comprising the steps of:
- (a) placing a reinforcing grid into a forming bed;
- (b) connecting a reinforcing truss to the reinforcing grid;
- (c) forming grooves into sidewalls of a buoyant core, wherein the pattern of the grooves corresponds to the pattern of the reinforcing truss;
- (d) placing the buoyant core into the forming bed over the reinforcing grid such that the reinforcing truss is positioned in the grooves;
- (e) pouring a layer of concrete into the forming bed such that the concrete covers the bottom of the forming bed to form a deck;
- (f) filling in the grooves with concrete to embed the truss in the grooves;
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- (g) inverting and removing the forming bed.
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