Channel connector for floating docks

In a float structure formed of a plurality of adjacently arranged interconnected float units, each float unit comprising an enclosed, substantially rectangular shell structure with opposed sides with sidewalls and ends with end walls, a top and a bottom, an improved means of interconnecting said float units, comprising;

• flange structures on said float units comprising a portion of said sidewalls horizontally projecting from said sidewalls and extending the length of said sidewalls, said flange structures having a horizontal top mounting surface a side and a horizontal bottom mounting surface spaced from said top surface;
• connection members for connecting at least two of said float units together with ends abutting, said connection members each comprising an elongated fabricated steel U-channel having an upper plate element mounted against said top mounting surface of said flange structures and a lower plate element mounted against said bottom mounting surface of said flange structures, and a spanning plate integrally connecting said upper and lower plates arranged at each side of said flange structures;
• said U-channel extending longitudinally along at least a portion of the flange structures of at least two adjacent float units;
• and fastening means extending through said U-channels and engaging said flange structures for securing said U-channels to at least said portions of said flange structures of said float units.