Ships – Mother ship – floating landing platform – and harbor – Floating boat dock
Patent
1997-07-14
1999-09-07
Swinehart, Ed
Ships
Mother ship, floating landing platform, and harbor
Floating boat dock
114266, 114 45, B63B 3534
Patent
active
059470496
ABSTRACT:
A buoyant walkway module for a boatlift is formed from a plurality of pneumatically discrete elongated compartments. Each of the compartments has a substantially flat upper horizontal exterior surface and complementary exterior end surfaces. With the end of one such module in abutment with the complementary end of another such module, the upper horizontal surfaces lie in the same plane so as to provide a suitable walkway for the boatman. Preferably, the end surfaces are perpendicular to the horizontal surface so as to provide maximum stability in the walkway.
With the modules positioned in end-to-end relationship, they are coupled together by a flat plate disposed across the upper exterior surface of their junction and by a pair of straps extending longitudinally across the lower exterior surface at their junction.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3102503 (1963-09-01), Sheffield
patent: 3270698 (1966-09-01), Fort
patent: 3760754 (1973-09-01), Drummond et al.
patent: 3967570 (1976-07-01), Bradfield
patent: 3977344 (1976-08-01), Holford
patent: 4018179 (1977-04-01), Rutter
patent: 4418634 (1983-12-01), Gerbus
patent: 4848260 (1989-07-01), Hamilton et al.
patent: 4852509 (1989-08-01), Fransen et al.
patent: 4934298 (1990-06-01), Pritchett
patent: 4955308 (1990-09-01), Craddock
patent: 4979453 (1990-12-01), Sloan et al.
patent: 5257593 (1993-11-01), van den Elshout et al.
patent: 5281055 (1994-01-01), Neitzke et al.
Catalano Frank J.
Hydrohoist International, Inc.
Swinehart Ed
LandOfFree
Buoyant walkway module for a boatlift does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Buoyant walkway module for a boatlift, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Buoyant walkway module for a boatlift will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1793156