Floating dock and dock unit for making such
AssigneeCandock Inc.
InventorsÉric La Violette, Serge Lamoureux, Alexandre Lamoureux
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Abstract
The present document describes a dock unit attachable to another dock unit with a fastener for forming a floating dock. The dock unit comprises a floating body having a mating surface and an attachment adapted to receive the fastener. Thereby attaching the floating body is able to be attached to the other dock unit. The dock unit further comprises a cover for covering the mating surface, the cover having a contact surface adapted to contact the fastener. In use, the contact surface is positioned proximate the attachment so that, when the attachment receives the fastener, the contact surface is contacted by the fastener, thereby limiting the movement of the cover with respect to the floating body.
Claims20
A dock unit attachable to another dock unit with a fastener for forming a floating dock, the dock unit comprising:
- a floating body having a mating surface and an attachment adapted to receive the fastener and thereby attaching the floating body to the other dock unit;
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- a cover for covering the mating surface, the cover having a contact surface adapted to contact the fastener;
- wherein, in use, the contact surface is positioned proximate the attachment so that, when the attachment receives the fastener, the contact surface is contacted by the fastener, thereby limiting the movement of the cover with respect to the floating body.
A dock unit for a floating dock, the dock unit comprising:
- a floating body having a mating surface and at least three lateral body sides;
- and
- a cover for covering the mating surface, the cover having a top surface for forming a floor for the floating dock, the cover having at least three protrusions for abutting against the mating surface and for supporting the top surface at a distance from the mating surface;
- thereby creating a passage between the top surface and the mating surface providing access to each of the three lateral body sides.
A dock unit for a floating dock, the dock unit comprising:
- a floating body having a mating surface and at least three lateral body sides;
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- a cover for covering the mating surface, the cover having a top surface for forming a floor for the floating dock, the cover having a protrusion for abutting against the mating surface and for supporting the top surface at a distance from the mating surface;
- thereby creating a passage between the top surface and the mating surface providing access to each of the three lateral body sides wherein the protrusion is substantially located in a center of the cover.
A cover for covering a mating surface of a floating body assembled to another floating body with a fastener for forming a floating dock, the cover comprising:
- four lateral cover sides defining four cover corners;
- a top surface for forming the floor of the floating dock;
- four protrusions, each one of the four protrusions being operative to abut against the floating body for supporting the top surface at a distance from the floating body, each one of the four protrusions being located at a different one of the four cover corners thereby creating a passage between the top surface and the floating body providing access to at least two of the four lateral cover sides;
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- four contact surfaces, each one of the four contact surfaces comprising a conical portion having a symmetry axis substantially normal to the top surface, each one of the four contact surfaces being located at a different one of the four cover corners so that when the fastener attaches the floating body to the other floating body, one of the four contact surfaces is contacted by the fastener, thereby limiting the movement of the cover with respect to the floating body.
A kit for a floating dock comprising:
- a plurality of fasteners;
- a plurality of floating bodies, each one of the plurality of floating bodies having a mating surface, four lateral body sides defining four body corners and four attachments, each one of the four attachments being located at a different one of the four body corners and being adapted to receive one of the plurality of fasteners thereby attaching each one of the plurality of floating bodies to another one of the plurality of floating bodies;
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- a cover for covering the mating surface, the cover having a top surface for forming a floor for the floating dock, the cover further having at least three protrusions, each one of the at least three protrusions for abutting against the mating surface proximate a different one of the four body corners, and for supporting the top surface at a distance from the mating surface;
- thereby creating a passage between the top surface and the mating surface providing access to each of the four lateral body sides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.