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US2984076A
US2984076A US730327A US73032758A US2984076A US 2984076 A US2984076 A US 2984076A US 730327 A US730327 A US 730327A US 73032758 A US73032758 A US 73032758A US 2984076 A US2984076 A US 2984076A
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  • the present invention relates to boat storage houses, and particularly those used for small pleasure boats and the like.
  • the primary object of the invention is to provide a boat house having great flexibility that can raise and lower with thetide and Waves.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a boat house construction that can be easily erected or dismantled. By storing boats in boat houses of this character the boat is protected completely from the weather without having to be covered with canvas, thus eliminating the detrimental moisture trapping effect of covering the boat with canvas.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a boat house structure that can be erected at any desired location, even remotely from docks and the like.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a fragmentary side view of the boat house, partially broken away for convenience of illustration.
  • Figure 3 is an end 'view of the boat house, partially broken away for convenience of illustration, and also illustrating by broken lines how additional houses can be assembled therewith.
  • Figure 4 is a fragmentary plan view with parts broken away for convenience of illustration.
  • Figure 5 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional view, taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 3, looking in the direc tion of the arrows.
  • Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view, taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.
  • Figure 7 is a fragmentary end elevation partially broken away and in section illustrating the rafters pivotally mounted to the platform upon which the house is erected.
  • the reference character B indicates generally a boat house constructed in accordance with the invention.
  • the boat house B includes spaced platforms 10 and 11, each having top planking 12, a pair of spaced parallel downwardly extending side walls 13, as well as downwardly extending end walls 14. Brackets support the planking 12 between the side walls 13, maintaining the planking 12 and side walls 13 in assembled position.
  • Hollow pontoons 16 are placed side by side through- 3 Z out the length of the platforms 10 and 11 insuch a manner as to miss the brackets 15, as best illustrated in Figures 2 and 5.
  • the brackets 15 are bolted to the! side walls 13 by bolts -17 and to the planking 1 2 bybolts- 18.
  • Passing through the end walls '14 are eye-bolts 19',- which are 3 free to revolve ontheir-shank portion-'20.
  • the shank portion 20 being held on the end walls 14 by lock nuts 21.
  • the eye 22 of the eye-bolt 19 embraces the vertical piling 23 with suflicient clearance 24 to allow the platforms 10 and 11 to move up and down freely on the piling 23.
  • Rafters 27 have their lower ends pivotally secured to the supports 25 by pivot rods 28.
  • the rods 28 may extend the complete length of the platforms 10 and 11 and house B or they could be short rods coming together within the supports 25 and rafters 27.
  • Transversely disposed roof rails 29 extend lengthwise of the boat housing B bridging the rafters 27 together, as best illustrated in Figures 2, 3 and 4.
  • the upper ends of the rafters 27 come together in a pivot connection at 30.
  • the pivot connections 30 preferably consist of the U-shaped clips 31 and 32.
  • the clips 31 have a pair of ears 33 to embrace the tongue 34 extending integrally from the clip 32.
  • the tongues 34 and ears 33 are pivotally secured together by holding bolts 35.
  • Suitable roofing, preferably corrugated sheet material 36 is employed to cover the rafters 27, and is secured thereto by any suitable means, the longitudinal rails 29 supporting the sheeting 36 throughout the length of the house B.
  • the platforms 10 and 11 extend inwardly within the house B as indicated at 37 and 38.
  • additional U-bolts 39 are secured to the platforms 10 and 11, as illustrated in Figure 3, wherein the rafter 27 of the additional house is indicated by broken lines.
  • One end of the boat house B. can be brought to the end of a landing dock, indicated by broken lines in Figure 1, or the house B may set free of any landing docks, depending upon the requirements.
  • Many houses B can be attached to one another, or be connected together, but yet remain free to move in response to the wave or tide upon which they are supported.
  • the boat house B can be readily assembled and transported from one place to another.
  • One of the outstanding features of this invention is the e 2,984,076 a I facility with which one is able to move the house by disassembling the same into small sections.
  • a boat house comprising a pair of elongated buoyant platfonms arranged in spaced apart parallel floating relation, means comprising a fiXed pile at each end of each platform, and rings secured to the ends of said platform and surrounding each said pile for guiding said platforms for independent vertical movement, a pair of generally 'arcuate panels, one extending upwardly from each platform and meeting in arched relation over the center of the space between said platforms at a height suflicient to accommodate a boat therebeneath, a pluraility of arcu-ate supporting girders closely underlying each panel, means pivotally connecting the lower end in.

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y 1961 J. G. BRADLEY 2,984,076
BOAT STORAGE HOUSES Filed April 23, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. JOHN G. BRADLEY ATTORNEYS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 25, 1958 INVENTOR.
JOHN G. BRADLEY ATTORNEYS Unitedus w P t n I 2,984,07 v soar sToRAoE'iioUsEs John G. Bradley, 775 Harlow Road, Eugene, Oreg. Filed Apr. 23, 1958, Ser. No. 730,327
1 Claim. (Cl. 61- 48) The present invention relates to boat storage houses, and particularly those used for small pleasure boats and the like.
The primary object of the invention is to provide a boat house having great flexibility that can raise and lower with thetide and Waves.
A further object of the invention is to provide a boat house construction that can be easily erected or dismantled. By storing boats in boat houses of this character the boat is protected completely from the weather without having to be covered with canvas, thus eliminating the detrimental moisture trapping effect of covering the boat with canvas.
Another object of this invention is to provide a boat house structure that can be erected at any desired location, even remotely from docks and the like.
Other objects and advantages will become apparent in the following specification when considered in the light of the attached drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a plan view of the invention.
Figure 2 is a fragmentary side view of the boat house, partially broken away for convenience of illustration.
Figure 3 is an end 'view of the boat house, partially broken away for convenience of illustration, and also illustrating by broken lines how additional houses can be assembled therewith.
Figure 4 is a fragmentary plan view with parts broken away for convenience of illustration.
Figure 5 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional view, taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 3, looking in the direc tion of the arrows.
Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view, taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.
Figure 7 is a fragmentary end elevation partially broken away and in section illustrating the rafters pivotally mounted to the platform upon which the house is erected.
Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein like reference numerals indicate like parts throughout the several figures, the reference character B indicates generally a boat house constructed in accordance with the invention.
The boat house B includes spaced platforms 10 and 11, each having top planking 12, a pair of spaced parallel downwardly extending side walls 13, as well as downwardly extending end walls 14. Brackets support the planking 12 between the side walls 13, maintaining the planking 12 and side walls 13 in assembled position.
Hollow pontoons 16 are placed side by side through- 3 Z out the length of the platforms 10 and 11 insuch a manner as to miss the brackets 15, as best illustrated in Figures 2 and 5. The brackets 15 are bolted to the! side walls 13 by bolts -17 and to the planking 1 2 bybolts- 18. Passing through the end walls '14 are eye-bolts 19',- which are 3 free to revolve ontheir-shank portion-'20. The shank portion 20 being held on the end walls 14 by lock nuts 21. The eye 22 of the eye-bolt 19 embraces the vertical piling 23 with suflicient clearance 24 to allow the platforms 10 and 11 to move up and down freely on the piling 23.
Rotatably mounted to the upper planking 12 of the platforms 10 and 11 are U-supports 25 by means of bolts 26 which permit a slight rotation of the supports 25 allowing them to align with the movement of the platforms 10 and 11 in the action of the tides or waves.
Rafters 27 have their lower ends pivotally secured to the supports 25 by pivot rods 28. The rods 28 may extend the complete length of the platforms 10 and 11 and house B or they could be short rods coming together within the supports 25 and rafters 27.
Transversely disposed roof rails 29 extend lengthwise of the boat housing B bridging the rafters 27 together, as best illustrated in Figures 2, 3 and 4. The upper ends of the rafters 27 come together in a pivot connection at 30. Referring to Figures 3 and 4, the pivot connections 30 preferably consist of the U-shaped clips 31 and 32. The clips 31 have a pair of ears 33 to embrace the tongue 34 extending integrally from the clip 32. The tongues 34 and ears 33 are pivotally secured together by holding bolts 35.
Suitable roofing, preferably corrugated sheet material 36 is employed to cover the rafters 27, and is secured thereto by any suitable means, the longitudinal rails 29 supporting the sheeting 36 throughout the length of the house B.
The platforms 10 and 11 extend inwardly within the house B as indicated at 37 and 38. When a series are to be secured together additional U-bolts 39 are secured to the platforms 10 and 11, as illustrated in Figure 3, wherein the rafter 27 of the additional house is indicated by broken lines.
I will now describe the action ofthis new and improved boat house B. When any of the platforms 10 and 11 are raised or lowered by waves or tides,'there is suflicient room between the eye 22 of the eye-bolts 19 to freely operate up and down on the piling 23 driven into the Water bed. The pivot bolt connections 28 securing the rafters 27 to the U-bolts 25 permit free movement of the platforms 10 and 11 thereunder and the pivot connection 30 at the upper end of the rafters 27 allow for this free movement up and down on the rafters 27, together with their covering 36.
One end of the boat house B. can be brought to the end of a landing dock, indicated by broken lines in Figure 1, or the house B may set free of any landing docks, depending upon the requirements. Many houses B can be attached to one another, or be connected together, but yet remain free to move in response to the wave or tide upon which they are supported.
From the above construction and description, it can be readily seen that the boat house B can be readily assembled and transported from one place to another. One of the outstanding features of this invention is the e 2,984,076 a I facility with which one is able to move the house by disassembling the same into small sections.
Having thus described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it should be understood that numerous structural modifications and adaptations may be resorted to without departing from the scope of the appended claim.
What is claimed is:
A boat house comprising a pair of elongated buoyant platfonms arranged in spaced apart parallel floating relation, means comprising a fiXed pile at each end of each platform, and rings secured to the ends of said platform and surrounding each said pile for guiding said platforms for independent vertical movement, a pair of generally 'arcuate panels, one extending upwardly from each platform and meeting in arched relation over the center of the space between said platforms at a height suflicient to accommodate a boat therebeneath, a pluraility of arcu-ate supporting girders closely underlying each panel, means pivotally connecting the lower end in.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,643,464 McCullers Sept. 27, 1927 2,429,381 Watson Oct. 21, 1947 2,347,959 Moore May 2, 1949 2,612,854 Fu ge Oct. 7, 1952 2,842,082 Smith July 8, 1956 FOREIGN PATENTS 4,718 Great Britain Feb. 24, 1913
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US3760754A (en) * 1971-05-24 1973-09-25 Koppers Co Inc Modular unit for a floating dock system
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US3430598A (en) * 1967-11-20 1969-03-04 Joseph E Soderberg Mooring device
US3726098A (en) * 1970-03-30 1973-04-10 Afe Ind Inc Modular dock float
US3760754A (en) * 1971-05-24 1973-09-25 Koppers Co Inc Modular unit for a floating dock system
US3762168A (en) * 1971-09-10 1973-10-02 R Pardee Water pollution control
US4028899A (en) * 1976-01-14 1977-06-14 Carmichael Iii Daniel A Anchoring system for a floating dock
US4468151A (en) * 1982-04-14 1984-08-28 Warlick R Patterson Assembly for damping sea waves
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US4683901A (en) * 1986-01-06 1987-08-04 Mitchell Robert W Cover for floating boat dock
US4649676A (en) * 1986-06-11 1987-03-17 Davey C Regina Shelter construction
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EP0639497A4 (en) * 1993-02-26 1995-06-14 Hiroshi Ohkawa Anchoring device for floating structures and floating structure.
US5419273A (en) * 1994-09-07 1995-05-30 Tunnelo Industries Portable marine shelter
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