CA2389842A1 - Modular dock system - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
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- B63B3/02—Hulls assembled from prefabricated sub-units
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
- B63B5/00—Hulls characterised by their construction of non-metallic material
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Abstract
A floating dock module has a hollow body, preferably hexagonal prismatic, with hexagonal top and bottom walls with side walls and bolt access wells in the top wall with bolt holes extending laterally between each bolt access well and an adjacent side wall for interconnecting dock modules together into various shapes. The resulting dock assembly is flexible and able to conform with wave action.
Mating protrusions and recesses in side walls together with bolts secure the high-density roto-moulded polyethylene plastic modules together. Preferably the side walls have a chamfered top and bottom edge to enhance the flexibility of the connection. The top wall includes drainage grooves, the side walls of which form vertical reinforcing ribs. An upwardly extending peripheral wall enables placement of mats, foam, carpet, wood, gravel or sand in the top surface. The bottom wall includes downwardly open float cavities and the top wall includes accessory support holes for railing posts or parasols.
Mating protrusions and recesses in side walls together with bolts secure the high-density roto-moulded polyethylene plastic modules together. Preferably the side walls have a chamfered top and bottom edge to enhance the flexibility of the connection. The top wall includes drainage grooves, the side walls of which form vertical reinforcing ribs. An upwardly extending peripheral wall enables placement of mats, foam, carpet, wood, gravel or sand in the top surface. The bottom wall includes downwardly open float cavities and the top wall includes accessory support holes for railing posts or parasols.
Description
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MODULAR DOCK SYSTEM
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001]The invention relates to modular dock system made of preferably hollow hexagonal primatic roto-moulded plastic modules bolted together at their side walls.
BACKGROUND OF THE ART
MODULAR DOCK SYSTEM
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001]The invention relates to modular dock system made of preferably hollow hexagonal primatic roto-moulded plastic modules bolted together at their side walls.
BACKGROUND OF THE ART
[0002] Conventional floating docks are often poorly designed monolithic wood structures with various floats secured beneath. Wave action is not compensated for and the docks are subjected to wave damage, metal corrosion, rot, and solar damage. Wooden structures eventually succumb to corrosion of the metal connectors or decomposition of the wood itself and must be replaced or repaired at significant cost.
[0003] Since motorized watercraft are refuelled at the dockside, the risk of igniting flammable fuel on wooden docks is obvious. Small scale plastic docking structures are often convex on their top surface thus attracting pools of spilled fuel and are prone to generate static electricity from foot traffic which may cause ignition of the fuel.
(0004] It is an abject of the present invention to provide a flexible buoyant plastic docking system of modules that can flex to compensate for wave rolling action and can be used to construct varying shapes of docks with bolted connections, various deck surfaces, railings, boat docking facilities, deck mounted recreational accessories and decorative features I, I I, I I!i [0005)Further objects of the invention will be apparent from review of the disclosure, drawings and description of the invention below.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
[0008] The invention provides a floating dock module has a hollow body, preferably hexagonal prismatic, with hexagonal top and bottom walls with side walls and bolt access wells in the top wall with bolt holes extending laterally between each bolt access well the adjacent side wall for interconnecting dock modules together into various shapes. The resulting dock assembly is flexible and able to conform with wave action. Mating protrusions and recesses in side walls together with bolts secure the high density roto-moulded polyethylene plastic modules together. Preferably the side walls have a chamfered top and bottom edge to enhance the flexibility of the connection. The top wall includes drainage grooves, the side walls of which form vertical reinforcing ribs. An upwardly extending peripheral wall enables placement of deck surfacing such as mats, foam, carpet, wood, gravel or sand secured to the top surface. The bottom wall includes downwardly open float cavities and the top wall includes accessory support holes for railing posts or parasols.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0007] In order that the invention may be readily understood, one embodiment of the invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings.
I ~ 6i [0008] Figure 1 is a top view of a dock assembly made of four modules showing lateral bolted connections and drainage grooves in the top wall surface.
[0009] Figure 2 is a detailed top view of a single module.
[0010] Figure 3 is an elevation view of a module.
[0011] Figure 4 is a bottom view of a module.
[0012] Figure 5 is a sectional view along line 5-5 of Fig.
2.
[0013]Further details of the invention and its advantages will be apparent from the detailed description included below.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0014] Figure 1 shows a number of floating dock modules 1, the details of which are shown in Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Each module 1 has a hollow body formed of high density roto-moulded polyethylene plastic. In the embodiment shown, the body is a hexagonal prism however other geometric shapes may be used in a like manner.
[0015]The hollow body includes a top wall 2, bottom wall 3 and six side walls 4. As best seen in Figures 2 and 5, the top wall 2 includes several bolt access wells 5 with bolt holes 6 extending laterally between each bolt access well 5 and an adjacent side wall 4. To help strengthen the attachment between connected dock modules 2, the side walls 4 preferably include mating protrusions 7 and recesses 8.
~h ~a ' V i Vt [0018] Figure 1 shows the method by which adj acent modules 1 are joined with long bolts 9 that are inserted through the bolt holes 6 and manually secured with access through the bolt access wells 5. As seen in Figures 3 and 5, the side walls 4 have sloped or chamferred top and bottom edges that not only aids in the release from the moulds but also enables the interconnection between modules to be of a flexible nature. The abutting chamferred side walls 4 with the bolts 9 and protrusions 7 in recesses 8 combine to hold the modules 1 together while allowing a degree of hinging and hollow plastic material flexing that permits the dock assembly to ride and flex with wave action on the surface of the water.
[0017] Any water that gets on the top wall 2 can partially drain through the bolt access well 5 and bolt holes 6 while additional drainage groves 10 are providing radiating out from the centre of the module 1. The generally triangular vertical plastic walls of the drainage grooves 10 and bolt access wells 5 serve as vertical reinforcing ribs for the top wall 2 surface that supports decking and pedestrian traffic. The top wall 2 includes an upwardly extending peripheral wall 11 which enables placement of wood or plastic decking, grating, carpet, padded foam, or other deck surfaces that are laterally restrained within the top wall 2 of the module 1 and can be secured in the accessory holes 13 or with bolts (not shown).
[0018]As shown in Figures 5 and 4, the bottom wall 3 includes downwardly open float cavities 12 which when placed on the water surface, serve to reinforce the ~,i.: ". ~;
module structure, serve to trap air aiding in floatation and can also serve as planting areas if the module is placed upside-down on a beach surface, for example, or to form of a planting area within a floating dock assembly platform.
[0019] As shown in Figure 2, the top wall 2 also includes accessory support holes 13 in each corner. These holes 13 can support a railing or recreational accessories-such as a parasol, fox example. The docking assembly can also be used to suspend a shark net beneath, can be anchored with ropes to the sea floor and can include ropes or other securement means to provide a docking system for boats, sailboards, kayaks or other watercraft.
[0020] Although the above description relates to a specific preferred embodiment as presently contemplated by the inventor, it will be understood that the invention in its broad aspect includes mechanical and functional equivalents of the elements described herein.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
[0008] The invention provides a floating dock module has a hollow body, preferably hexagonal prismatic, with hexagonal top and bottom walls with side walls and bolt access wells in the top wall with bolt holes extending laterally between each bolt access well the adjacent side wall for interconnecting dock modules together into various shapes. The resulting dock assembly is flexible and able to conform with wave action. Mating protrusions and recesses in side walls together with bolts secure the high density roto-moulded polyethylene plastic modules together. Preferably the side walls have a chamfered top and bottom edge to enhance the flexibility of the connection. The top wall includes drainage grooves, the side walls of which form vertical reinforcing ribs. An upwardly extending peripheral wall enables placement of deck surfacing such as mats, foam, carpet, wood, gravel or sand secured to the top surface. The bottom wall includes downwardly open float cavities and the top wall includes accessory support holes for railing posts or parasols.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0007] In order that the invention may be readily understood, one embodiment of the invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings.
I ~ 6i [0008] Figure 1 is a top view of a dock assembly made of four modules showing lateral bolted connections and drainage grooves in the top wall surface.
[0009] Figure 2 is a detailed top view of a single module.
[0010] Figure 3 is an elevation view of a module.
[0011] Figure 4 is a bottom view of a module.
[0012] Figure 5 is a sectional view along line 5-5 of Fig.
2.
[0013]Further details of the invention and its advantages will be apparent from the detailed description included below.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0014] Figure 1 shows a number of floating dock modules 1, the details of which are shown in Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Each module 1 has a hollow body formed of high density roto-moulded polyethylene plastic. In the embodiment shown, the body is a hexagonal prism however other geometric shapes may be used in a like manner.
[0015]The hollow body includes a top wall 2, bottom wall 3 and six side walls 4. As best seen in Figures 2 and 5, the top wall 2 includes several bolt access wells 5 with bolt holes 6 extending laterally between each bolt access well 5 and an adjacent side wall 4. To help strengthen the attachment between connected dock modules 2, the side walls 4 preferably include mating protrusions 7 and recesses 8.
~h ~a ' V i Vt [0018] Figure 1 shows the method by which adj acent modules 1 are joined with long bolts 9 that are inserted through the bolt holes 6 and manually secured with access through the bolt access wells 5. As seen in Figures 3 and 5, the side walls 4 have sloped or chamferred top and bottom edges that not only aids in the release from the moulds but also enables the interconnection between modules to be of a flexible nature. The abutting chamferred side walls 4 with the bolts 9 and protrusions 7 in recesses 8 combine to hold the modules 1 together while allowing a degree of hinging and hollow plastic material flexing that permits the dock assembly to ride and flex with wave action on the surface of the water.
[0017] Any water that gets on the top wall 2 can partially drain through the bolt access well 5 and bolt holes 6 while additional drainage groves 10 are providing radiating out from the centre of the module 1. The generally triangular vertical plastic walls of the drainage grooves 10 and bolt access wells 5 serve as vertical reinforcing ribs for the top wall 2 surface that supports decking and pedestrian traffic. The top wall 2 includes an upwardly extending peripheral wall 11 which enables placement of wood or plastic decking, grating, carpet, padded foam, or other deck surfaces that are laterally restrained within the top wall 2 of the module 1 and can be secured in the accessory holes 13 or with bolts (not shown).
[0018]As shown in Figures 5 and 4, the bottom wall 3 includes downwardly open float cavities 12 which when placed on the water surface, serve to reinforce the ~,i.: ". ~;
module structure, serve to trap air aiding in floatation and can also serve as planting areas if the module is placed upside-down on a beach surface, for example, or to form of a planting area within a floating dock assembly platform.
[0019] As shown in Figure 2, the top wall 2 also includes accessory support holes 13 in each corner. These holes 13 can support a railing or recreational accessories-such as a parasol, fox example. The docking assembly can also be used to suspend a shark net beneath, can be anchored with ropes to the sea floor and can include ropes or other securement means to provide a docking system for boats, sailboards, kayaks or other watercraft.
[0020] Although the above description relates to a specific preferred embodiment as presently contemplated by the inventor, it will be understood that the invention in its broad aspect includes mechanical and functional equivalents of the elements described herein.
Claims (8)
1. A floating dock module comprising:
a hollow body with top, bottom and a plurality of side walls; and a plurality of bolt access wells in the top wall with bolt holes extending laterally between each bolt access well and an adjacent side wall.
a hollow body with top, bottom and a plurality of side walls; and a plurality of bolt access wells in the top wall with bolt holes extending laterally between each bolt access well and an adjacent side wall.
2. A floating dock module according to claim 1 including one of mating protrusions and recesses in side walls with bolt holes.
3. A floating dock module according to claim 2 wherein the side walls have a chamfered top and bottom edge.
4. A floating dock module according to claim 1 wherein the top wall includes drainage grooves.
5. A floating dock module according to claim 1 wherein the top wall includes vertical reinforcing ribs.
6. A floating dock module according to claim 1 wherein the top wall has an upwardly extending peripheral wall.
7. A floating dock module according to claim 1 wherein the bottom wall includes downwardly open float cavities.
8. A floating dock module according to claim 1 wherein the top wall includes accessory support holes.
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