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US 7,124,700 B1Granted
Dock bracket
OwnerBrian C. Impeyinventor
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Abstract
A dock bracket assembly has a rod supporting bracket and a rod receiving bracket with a N-shaped slot for receiving a section bracket rod, due to the slot. The bracket rod is used with the slot either side of adjoining sections of a dock being constructed.
Claims15
A dock bracket comprising:
- (a) a flat piece of metal having a first end oppositely disposed from a second end;
- (b) the first end allowing attachment to a dock section;
- (c) the second end having an N-shaped slot allowing installation of an additional dock section;
- (d) the flat piece of metal having a top horizontal surface;
- (e) the flat piece of metal having a bottom horizontal surface;
- and
- (f) the first end having at least three apertures in order in order to allow the accurate placement and bolting of the bracket to the dock section.
4 more elements
A dock bracket comprising:
- (a) a flat piece of metal having a bend at a 90 degree angle normal to the long axis of the piece;
- (b) the flat piece of metal having a first bracket end and a second bracket end;
- (c) the first bracket end being oppositely disposed from the second bracket end;
- (d) the first bracket end having an attachment means for securing the flat piece of metal to at dock section;
- (e) the second end having an N-shaped slot allowing installation of an additional dock section;
- (f) the flat piece of metal having a top horizontal surface:
- (g) the flat piece of metal having a bottom horizontal surface oppositely disposed from the top horizontal surface;
- (h) the first end having at least one aperture allowing accurate placement and bolting of the bracket to the dock section;
- (i) the N-shaped slot being adapted to support installation of an additional dock section onto the end of an existing dock section without entering the water;
- (j) the N-shaped slot having a vertical slot which starts at the ton horizontal surface, transcends in a direction normal to the top horizontal surface and stops before reaching the bottom horizontal surface;
- (k) the N-shaped slot continuing at an acute angle to the vertical slot, in a direction away from the bottom horizontal surface which stops before reaching the top horizontal surface;
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- (l) the N-shaped slot further continuing in a direction away from, and normal to, the top horizontal surface and stopping before reaching the bottom horizontal surface.
10 more elements
In a dock assembly having at least a first dock section and a second dock section, at least one bracket assembly joining the first dock section to the second dock section, the improvement comprising:
- (a) the bracket assembly having a rod receiving bracket and a rod supporting bracket;
- (b) the rod receiving bracket including a piece of metal;
- (c) the piece of metal having a first end oppositely disposed from a second end;
- (d) the first end allowing attachment to a dock section;
- (e) the second end having an N-shaped slot allowing installation of an additional dock section;
- and
- (f) the rod receiving bracket receiving the rod supporting bracket.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.