Dock structure
AssigneeFloyd William Bennett
InventorGerald B. Bennett
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Abstract
The dock includes a pair of substantially vertical support members having a vertically adjustable collar mounted on each. The deck portion of the dock has one end attached to the pair of adjustable collars and the other end supported through at least one pair of cables, each attached proximate the free end of the deck member and passing over a V-way at the top of the respective vertical support member with its other end finally anchored to the ground inland of the shoreline. The dock is thus vertically adjustable by means of the cables and collars to accommodate to the height of the changing levels of water. It is furthermore pivotable upwardly from the water surface to avoid damage such as might result in periods of high water or winter ice formation along the shoreline.
Claims8
A structure for a dock at a shoreline site comprising:
- a pair of vertical support members, each having its base anchored at a point proximate the shoreline;
- a slidable locking collar mounted on each of said vertical members for upward and downward adjustment;
- a deck for the dock having one end connected to said collars for vertical adjustment therewith and having its other free end extending outwardly over the surface of the adjacent water;
- one of said collars being releasable from said deck and the other being rotatably movable about its associated vertical member to provide for movement of the dock in a horizontal plane between a use position and a storage position substantially aligned with the shoreline;
- a pair of support cables, each journaled for slidable movement across the top of a different one of said vertical members, said cables connected at their first ends respectively to the deck intermediate its ends and at their second ends to an anchoring means in the shore spaced away from the vertical members;
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- an adjusting means comprising a threaded means operably connected to each of the cables intermediate the anchoring means and said vertical members for providing the tightening or loosening of its associated cable to provide selected raising and lowering of the dock;
- said deck adjustable by said adjusting means between, first, a lowered position in which its free end is dropped into contact with the ground beneath the surface of the water to provide a launching function, second, a position substantially level but spaced from the surface of the water for use as a dock structure and, third, a raised or storage position with the free end elevated above the surface of the water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.