FR2464334A1 - DEVICE FOR PARCING FLOAT BOATS - Google Patents

Abstract

A) FLOATING BOAT PARKING DEVICE. B) CHARACTERIZED IN THAT IT CONSISTS OF FLOATING BOXES GROUPED INTO SETS OF ANY GEOMETRIC SHAPE, EACH SET OF BOXES BEING ANCHORED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, THE LAKE ..., EACH BOX IS ASSOCIATED WITH A GATEWAY ALONG WHICH AT LEAST ONE BOAT CAN COME TO TAKE PLACE, AND THE BOXES AND GATEWAYS BEARING FIXING ELEMENTS ALLOWING THE MOORING OF THE BOAT (s).

Description

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  The present invention relates to a device

  tif of flae boat parking, that is to say, a device that can find its application both for parking at sea, lake or river, etc., Until recent years, when the acquisi Pleasure boats were only available to a small elite, boaters were content with mooring anchorages, which meant that they moored their boats to dead bodies.

  located in relatively sheltered sites. This-

  the solution is satisfactory both from the point of view of

  the disadvantage of the fact that ancillary craft were required to access or

  was largely offset by these benefits.

  With the increasing development of recreational boating, and consequently the increase in the number of boats, this "wild park" solution is no longer suitable as it only allows a given site to to anchor tuie insufficient density of boats, of the order of six

  per hectare, An increase in this density is

  because it is related to shifting, that is to say

  radius necessary to avoid entanglements

tides.

  Moreover, an increase in this density would lead to a proliferation of ancillary embarked docks

  which would not be, too, without posing multiple problems.

  As a result, we were forced to turn

to other solutions.

  For this reason, we have been led to create

  artificial ports or "marina" which offer the advantage of allowing

  to park a large density of boats, (of the order of units per hectare) and are very easy access. Nevertheless they have a number of drawbacks related to their cost

  high installation and management.

  These difficulties can be compensated by the asking price for the rental of the places, but, the scarcity of the sites slows more and more the installation of new "marina" and the establishment of these "marina" is no more admitted everywhere, because it causes a disfigurement of the sites, as a result of the dikes,

  car parks and ancillary constructions necessary.

  In the current impossibility of increasing the number of "marina", we must therefore turn to a new formula. The present invention relates to the development of an intermediate device between the fairground anchorage and the "marina" of conventional type and having the maximum of

  advantages of the two solutions, avoiding at best their

  vantages. For this purpose, the subject of the present invention is a device for parking boats at sea, lake, etc. connected or not to the ground, characterized in that it consists of a set

  floating anchored at the bottom of the sea and consisting of caissons

  standardized, grouped in a certain geometrical form

  conque by fixed or articulated links, each box being associated in the same way, to a footbridge along which at least one boat can come to take place, and the caissons and

  bridges with fasteners allowing the

  of the boat (s) to a 'According to a preferred characteristic of

  the invention, the sets of boxes form iron loops.

  around which the footbridges delimit

planned for the boats.

  According to the desired structure and dimensions

  boats to park, the caissons are either directly attacked.

  connected to each other by means of connecting elements whose shape is also chosen according to the

sought structure.

  These junctions, direct, or via ancillary elements, are provided without articulations for the case

  small sets (with 6 or 8 plots) or are

  abutments for larger sets, so as to absorb swell and waves; dampers can be set up #

  if necessary, to maintain the flexibility of the whole

primacy of excessive mofesse.

  In the general case, in which the catwalks are arranged radially on the pontoons, the pontoons can thus be assembled in unitary groups, of shape

  radiant similar to "daisies", consisting of cais-

  geometric sounds in any number (6, 8, 10, 12, etc ...)

each receiving a gateway.

  2._ 3.- According to the shape of the caissons and elements of

  junction, the groups may have a more or less irreversible

regular.

  These different unit groups are linked together

  be them by pontoons, each pontoon replacing a footbridge. Thus, from the unitary groupings, it is possible to obtain, according to the free space existing in the chosen site,

  a tree-like structure of any extent.

  The device which is the subject of the present invention has no precise physical limit, except that corresponding to the optimal number of stations to be created and

to the geometry of the site.

  According to another characteristic of the invention,

  the bridges are liftable and easily movable.

  This characteristic is particularly important

  bearing, since it greatly reduces the cost of transport of the elements, and that, moreover, it allows an efficient cleaning of the port.

  extension or temporary reduction of the parking sites

season.

  According to another characteristic of the invention, the pontoons are provided with water distribution elements and / or electricity. According to another characteristic of the invention, the surfaces of the pontoons, catwalks, caissons and elements of

  junctions, soht constituted by non-joined boards consis-

staging a non-slip passage.

  Accordingly, the invention proposes a device

  tif of flauring boats, intermediate between fairground and "marinai", by which boats are moored to

  floating sets anchored at the bottom of the sea, which can be con-

  by peninsulas, that is to say, sets connected to

  the land by stranded access pontoons, or by

  linked to the land by more or less frequent shuttles, se-

the importance of Vle,

  We thus arrive at a totally

  satisfactory from the point of view of use, and presenting

  At the same time, certain qualities from the aesthetic point of view

than.

  The characteristics of the device that makes the

  of the invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying figures, in which: - Figures 1 and 2 show two schematic views of the device according to the invention - Figure 3 shows the implementation of such a device FIG. 4 shows such a device in the "folded" state; FIGS. 5 and 6 represent two examples;

  device structure according to the invention, forming

  FIG. 7 shows an exemplary structure of the device according to the invention according to the invention. According to FIG. 1, the parking device of FIG.

  For whom the subject of the invention is made up of

  sounds 1 grouped into sets of any geometrical shape

  than. Each caisson 1 is associated with a bridge 2 with its floatation 5, arranged radially on the pontoon 1 and along which the boat A can come to take place and moor to fasteners 3 specially provided for this purpose on

  pontoons 1 and on bridges 2.

  According to the case shown in Figure 1, the pontoons 1 and 1t are integral with each other, while the pontoon 1 is articulated on the pontoon 1 ".This type of connection by

  articulation is particularly interesting in the case of

  large size because it absorbs swell and

waves.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in a conventional manner

  the front part 4 of the boat is moored at two points before a and b provided on the pontoons 1, while the rising and falling guards are attached to a rear point c provided on the bridge 20 the number and dimensions of each pontoon 1 in each unit group are chosen according to the overall structure sought. Figure 1 shows the case of an assembly forming a "daisy" with eight branches; of course, this structure which allows to park sixteen boats, is in no way limiting of the invention, According to Figure 2, the caissons 1 are joined by means of junction elements 7 which allow to increase

  the free space between two bridges 2 and 2 ', and thus, the

  the boats that these sets are likely to accommodate.

  These connecting elements 7 can be either secured to one another

  on the caissons 1, be articulated on these caissons by means of

  of a hinge member, as represented, for example, by

  12a According to Figure 2, each set of boxes 1

  and bridges 2 is a unit that is connected to the

  to another group of the same type, through a series of

  Floating tones 8e In each group, a pontoon 8 replaces a bridge 2 and is constituted as well as the caissons 1, the bridges 2 and the connecting elements 7, by a top non-contiguous non-slip plies9 and include adequate protection systems shores and sharp angles for the hulls of boats A, According to Figure 3, the sets E of pontoons 1 are anchored to the bottom of the sea or laco. by the intermediary

  a device chaunes 9 maintained at the bottom by blocks 13.

  By the way, these sets E are connected to the ground by floating pontoons 88 at high tide (NH level) and eehouables at low tide (NIB level) thus constituting a

  walkable path to the mainland.

  According to Figure 4 the bridges 2 are

  foldable above the caissons 1, which makes the elements

  towable during a port maintenance or temporary extension or decrease depending on the season, demand, etc ...

  As a result, caissons, walkways,

  junctions, pontoons which form part of the composition of the

  according to the invention are standard floating elements

  dards and therefore cheap, including, on the other hand,

  fastening systems and systems waiting for the joint, whether articulated or integral with the caissons or between them

  with connecting elements, bridges or pontoons.

  Gateways 2 include, in addition to their own flotation, rings and systems for mooring

boats and their lifting.

  The caissons 1 further include such organs as mooring, anchoring and towing rings required, 5.- as well as the infrastructure of the distribution elements (eur electricity). According to Figures 5 to 7, from the elements

  described above, structures of any kind can be

  depending on the site, in which sets 10 are

  interconnected by pontoons 8, so as to provide a structure

tree type.

  One of the special advantages to this structure

  is to be flexible, and therefore "deformable" according to the name-

  number of boats to park and therefore obviously of the period of the year Figures 5 and 6 represent the case of one or

  several sets 10, grouped according to almost, that is

  ie connected to the mainland by means of 8 'strandable pontoons

at low tide.

  FIG. 5 represents the case of a set

  "isolated" which is directly connected to the land itself by a pon-

  your 8 '. In this example, the pontoons 1 are fixed directly on each other, so as to form a closed loop leaving in its center 6: a free portion that can be used in any way; among the possible uses of this free part 6, it is possible, for example, to mention the possibility of

a swimming pool for children.

  According to FIG. 6, the different sets of pontoon 1 are, on the one hand, interconnected by junction pontoons 8 (still afloat) and, on the other hand, are connected to

  the land by a main pontoon 8 'beached at low tide.

  FIG. 7 represents the case of a structure

  ture, ie not directly connected to the

  me. In this case, one or more piers are provided which are connected to the ground thanks to specially planned shuttles

for this purpose.

  This structure presents many

  advantages, especially in the case of structures made of assemblies consisting of simple daisies that require only one anchorage at the bottom of the water, and therefore are mobile in function

  currents or winds, thereby reducing the risk of

  tidal flap.

  Thus, the invention allows the development of a set of parcels whose presentation is very aesthetic and 6.-

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  the shape adapted to that of sailboats.

  The variable form of this type of parking allows its adaptation to specific sites, and therefore more numerous #

  without the slightest damage to the site.

  Moreover, the security of this device is

  excellent; because of its grouped form, it absorbs

  be well the deformations of the body of water (wave, swell, etc.).

Claims (8)

R E V E N D I C A T IO N S   1. A device for floating a fleet of boats, connected or not to the ground, characterized in that it consists of floating boxes grouped into sets of any geometric shape, each set of boxes being anchored at the bottom of the sea, the lake ..., each caisson being associated with a footbridge along which at least one boat can take place,   and cribs and walkways carrying fasteners   allowing the mooring of the vessel (s)   20- Device according to claim 1, carao-   characterized in that the pontoons are grouped in such a way that each set of boxes forms a closed loop around which the bridges delimit the intended locations for boats.   3.- Device according to any one of the   1 or 2, characterized in that the boxes are at- stained to each other.   4.- Device according to any one of the   1 to 3, characterized in that the boxes are joined   by means of junction elements whose shape is chosen according to the desired structure.   5.- Device according to any one of the   1 to 4, characterized in that the boxes are articulated to each other.   6.- Device according to any one of the   1 to 5, characterized in that the bridges are   placed radially on caissons or caisson sets   7.- Device according to any one of the   1 to 6, characterized in that the bridges are lift.   8th- Device according to any one of the   1 to 7, characterized in that the sets of boxes are interconnected by pontoons, each pontoon replacing A footbridge.   9th- Device according to any one of the   1 to 8, characterized in that the pontoons are provided with   water distribution element and / or electricity.   10.- Device according to any one of the   1 to 9, characterized in that the areas of pontoons, catwalks, boxes and connecting elements are constituted by 9, _ 2464334 9 - by non-joined boards.   11.- Device according to any one of the   Claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the sets of casings   sounds constitute waves or presqu'yles.