Waler Assembly
OwnerWilliam Golden, Mark Summers +1inventors
InventorsWilliam Golden, Mark Summers, Robert W. Christoph, JR.
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Abstract
A waler assembly for floating docks and walkways includes an elongate metal extrusion for engaging the side of a series of adjoining float components. The extrusion includes a compartment for conformably receiving an elongate wedge. Connector rods join the extrusion and wedge to the float components. The extrusion carries an elongate strengthening plate that extends across the compartment of the extrusion. Each of the extrusion, wedge and strengthening plate includes a plurality of discrete segments that are aligned end to end. The joints between adjoining segments of the waler assembly are offset to provide improved structural integrity of the waler assembly and the floating dock or walkway.
Claims19
A waler assembly for use in a floating platform, which platform has a series of buoyant float components juxtaposed in an elongate arrangement and including a longitudinal side, said waler assembly comprising:
- an elongate extrusion for securing to the longitudinal side of the series of float elements, said extrusion including an interior wall for interengaging the longitudinal side of the series of float components, said extrusion being configured to define a compartment, which receives an elongate wedge, said wedge including an inner panel that is interengaged with said interior wall of said extrusion;
- at least one connector interengaging and fastening together said inner panel of said wedge and said interior wall of said extrusion and for interconnecting said wedge and said extrusion to the longitudinal side of the series of float components;
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- a strengthening plate attached to an outer portion of said extrusion for covering said compartment with said wedge accommodated therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.