US3635181A

US3635181A - Transportable floating board for sport boats or the like

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Publication number: US3635181A
Application number: US864623A
Authority: US
Inventors: Paul Epple; Magdalena Kruse
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1968-10-08
Filing date: 1969-10-08
Publication date: 1972-01-18
Anticipated expiration: 1989-01-18
Also published as: DE1801694A1; CH503162A

Abstract

A transportable floating body for sport boats or the like, which comprises a floating member stabilized and formed of pipe means in form of an extended at least single T. The floating member includes rigidly secured profile frames rigidly secured spaced apart from each other, and triangular arms are applicable on both sides of the profile frames. The profile frames serve the reception of running boards.

Description

United States atet Epple et al.

[45 Jan. 18, 1972 TRANSPORTABLE FLOATING BOARD F OR SPORT BOATS OR THE LIKE Inventors: Paul Epple; Magdalena Krune, both of Hans Nr. 1 19, Badman (Bodensee), Germany Filed: Oct. 8, 1969 Appl.No.: 864,623

Foreign Application Priority Data Oct. 8, 1968 Germany ..P 18 01 694.9

11.8. C1 .ll4/0.5 F, 61/48 ..B63b 35/00 Field of Search ..114/0.5, 0.5 P; 61/48 56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,024,753 3/1962 Benson ..114/0.5 3,455,115 7/1969 Watts etal ..61/48 Primary ExaminerTrygve M. Blix Attorney-Ernest G. Montague [5 7] ABSTRACT A transportable floating body for sport boats or the like, which comprises a floating member stabilized and formed of pipe means in fonn of an extended at least single T. The floating member includes rigidly secured profile frames rigidly secured spaced apart from each other, and triangular arms are applicable on both sides of the profile frames. The profile frames serve the reception of running boards.

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INVENTOILS (p Z BY M PATENTED JAN 8 i972 SHEET 4 0F 4 INVENTORJ TRANSPORTABLE FLOATING BOARD FOR SPORT BOATS OR Tit-IE LIKE The present invention relates to a transportable floating board for sports boats or the like.

Known floating boards, which serve for landing as well as for a berth for a plurality of boats, are composed of units, each of which comprises a rectangular plank-or profile-ironframe, which has on its top a plank bottom and below floating bodies of barrels, tons or also blocks of synthetic material, mostly arranged in pairs. Since no closed waterline is present here, already at a low wave formation or wind an appreciable unrest is transmitted to the board, since depending upon the direction of the movement, the individual units and the individual floating bodies are stressed differently and at different times, so that already for this reason a completely rigid coupling of the units is not possible, since otherwise the coupling means would be stressed to a nonpermissible degree. Thus a very slightly stable arrangement remains, which cannot be stepped on in case of great wave and wind movement.

For military purposes, units for ferry purposes composed of rectangular pontoons are known, of which parts can be also used as landing bridges. The latter are not suitable, however, due to the great expense, weight as well as costs for sport purposes. Furthermore, a simple possibility at first is missing, to form by cross boards as a berth suitable boxes for the individual boats, in order to secure a possibly great number of boats.

It is one object of the present invention to provide a transportable floating board for sport boats or the like, which creates floating board, which has the greatest possible stability with a simple structure and lowest exposure to wind and wave formation, which comprises unitary demountable members and thus can be put together in different sizes as well as have, first of all, a closed unitary smooth waterline, so that the individual parts are not subjected to different stresses and movements. Furthermore, the great length of the structures of the T-board assures a quiet floating position.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a transportable floating board for sport boats or the like, which comprises pipe pieces of equal or different sizes in form of a longitudinal singleor double --T-formed and stabilized floating body, which is rigidly connected at the distance of the box width with mounted profile frames, to which are secured on both sides triangular arms, which serve the same as the profile frames for the reception of running boards.

Suitably, the boardand head--part of the T-shaped floating body comprises tubular members floatable and equal relative to each other, which tubular members are releasably connectable together at any desired length.

Suitably the profile frames comprise adjacent pipe members arranged in pairs, which pipe members with the intermediate arrangement of sealing sheets connect square angular iron frames, while for the connection of the weband headpart of the T-shaped floating body serves a cube formed of an angular iron frame, the measurements of which cube correspond with the profile frames closing the adjacent pipe members and which are screwed together with the latter.

The triangular arms are suitably screwed together with the angular iron frames forming the profile frames of adjacent pipe members.

The running boards can be set also on one or a plurality of pipe members of the floating bodies corresponding with particular rectangular frames, which are secured to the profile frames. By this arrangement a simple and fast mounting as well demounting is made possible.

With these and other objects in view, which will become apparent in the following detailed description, the present invention, which is shown by example only, will be clearly understood in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic top plan view of a floating board formed of T-shaped joined pipe-shaped floats, with an attached cross stay;

FIG. 2 is a schematic top view ofa boat harbor formed of a plurality of floating boards shown in FIG. 1;

FIGS. 3 and 4 are a side elevation and a top plan view, respectively, of a profile frame with pivotally connected triangular arms secured on a tubular float of the T-stay;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the arrangement according to the present invention indicating the possibility of connection of the stay and the head part of the T-shaped floating body by means of an angular iron cube; and

FIG. 6 is a section along the lines 66 of FIG. 5.

Referring now to the drawings, the floating board 1 designed in accordance with the present invention has a rigid closed and T-shaped floating body 2, having a smooth closed waterline, which floating body 2 is composed for the web part 3, as well as for the head part 4 of equal floatable pipe members 5 in lengths fitted to the intended use, for instance, by releasable flange connections 6. This applies also for the transfonnation connection 32 between the weband the headpart, if not a separate structure part is applied thereto. The length of the head part 4 must be large enough in order to sup press the usually occuring rolling motions.

For the reception of a board cover 14, as well as for the securing of cross stays 8 for the formation of boxes 9 for securing and entering the individual boats 10 serve round or square profile frames 31, which secured in corresponding spaces on the individual pipe members 5, safe against rotation, for instance by welding. The flange connections 6 of the individual pipe members 5 can serve as profile frames 31, which are arranged such, that after the mounting, the upper edges 13 of the profile frames 31 are disposed horizontally, so that a board cover 14 can be mounted thereon. Instead, on the profile frames 31 rectangular frames 15 carrying the plank cover can be mounted, which cover over for instance at least two pipe members 5.

For the formation of crossmembers. 8 for the formation of boxes 9 and as access to the individual boats 10 serve triangular arms 16 corresponding to those shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the short arm 17 of which corresponds with the edge length of the profile frame 31. These triangular arms 16 are rigidly screwed together with the profile frame and carry by means of crossmember likewise running board 7. The rubber buffer 20 is provided for the protection of incoming boats.

For the formation of profile frames 31, in case of suitably chosen lengths of the pipe members 5 can be applied connecting member forming the plank 6 and the profile frames 31, respectively, and closing the pipe members 5. As closing-and connecting-members serve at the end of adjacent pipe members 5 welded on angular iron frames 25 and 25', which are rigidly connected by means of screws with an intermediate sealing plate 27. These angular iron frames arranged in pairs, which form the profile frame 31, serve simultaneously for the securing of the triangular arm 16. In accordance with the same principle also in a simple and economic manner the transfer connection 32 between the stay part and head-

part

3 and 4,

respectively, of the floatin g body 2 can. be produced, by forming a cube 29 from angular iron frames 28, the measurements of which correspond with the

angular iron frames

25 and 25, the sidewalls of the cube 29 coinciding with adjacent end closures of the same angular iron frames 25 and sealing plates 27, so that welding connections are omitted and merely easily releasable screw connections 30 are required.

For the further stiffening the two lower edges of the two angular iron frames 25 can be connected at both ends of the same pipe member 5 by a longitudinally extending angle-or V-rails 11.

The floating stay can be taken apart fast and easily in easily transportable parts, so that it can be transported in case of change of location by trucks or in case of ice danger can be made survive over the winter on land.

In the conventionally sufficient single T for the floating body 2, suitably the head part 4 of the T-profile is shifted to the side remote from the land or quay, respectively.

While we have disclosed one embodiment of the present invention, it is to be understood that this embodiment is given by example only and not in a limiting sense.

We claim:

1. A transportable floating body for sport boats or the like, comprising a floating member stabilized and formed of a plurality of pipe means releasably connected continuously to one another and watertight closed for floating on water and in form of an extended at least single-T constituting a longitudinal continuous web pipe section and at least one transverse head pipe section,

said floating member including rigidly secured profileshaped frames rigidly secured to said pipe means and spaced apart each other, and

two arms releasably connected to and on both sides of a frame extending transverse to said web pipe section,

said two arms being connected to each other on each side of said frame forming with a side of said frame a rigid triangle unit with an upper of said two arms above the water level, and

running boards disposed on said frames and said triangle unit.

2. The floating body, as set forth in claim 1, which includes means for releasably connecting said pipe means of any related lengths.

3. The floating body, as set forth in claim 2, wherein said frames comprise flange pairs at adjacent ends of adjacent of said pipe means, and which includes square angle iron frames connected to said pipe means,

and

sealing plates disposed between said square angle iron frames.

4. The floating body, as set forth in claim 2, wherein one of said frames constitutes a cube formed of angular iron frames connecting said web pipe section and head pipe section of said floating member, and

said cube has measurements corresponding to said frame closing adjacent of said pipe means, and

said adjacent of said pipe means are screwed to said cube.

5. The floating body, as set forth in claim 3, wherein said arms are screwed to said frames of adjacent pipe means forming said frames.

6. The floating body, as set forth in claim 1, which includes a rectangular frame corresponding to at least one pipe means of said floating member,

said running boards are disposed on said rectangular frame,

and

said rectangular frames are secured to said profile frames.

7. The floating body, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said two arms constitute an upper arm and a lower arm, the latter connected at one end to a bottom portion of said side of said frame and inclined upwardly extending out of the water at its other end,

said upper arm connected at one end to an upper portion of said side of said frame and extending substantially horizontally above the level of the water,

the other ends of both of said two arms being operatively connected to each other, and

said running board is mounted on said upper arm.

8. The floating body, as set forth in claim 7, wherein said frame constitutes a pair of releasably connected flanges each secured to an adjacent end of a pipe means.

9. The floating body, as set forth in claim 8, wherein said frame is square in shape.

Claims

1. A transportable floating body for sport boats or the like, comprising a floating member stabilized and formed of a plurality of pipe means releasably connected continuously to one another and watertight closed for floating on water and in form of an extended at least single-T constituting a longitudinal continuous web pipe section and at least one transverse head pipe section, said floating member including rigidly secured profile-shaped frames rigidly secured to said pipe means and spaced apart each other, and two arms releasably connected to and on both sides of a frame extending transverse to said web pipe section, said two arms being connected to each other on each side of said frame forming with a side of said frame a rigid triangle unit with an upper of said two arms above the water level, and running boards disposed on said frames and said triangle unit.

3. The floating body, as set forth in claim 2, wherein said frames comprise flange pairs at adjacent ends of adjacent of said pipe means, and which includes square angle iron frames connected to said pipe means, and sealing plates disposed between said square angle iron frames.

4. The floating body, as set forth in claim 2, wherein one of said frames constitutes a cube formed of angular iron frames connecting said web pipe section and head pipe section of said floating member, and said cube has measurements corresponding to said frame closing adjacent of said pipe means, and said adjacent of said pipe means are screwed to said cube.

6. The floating body, as set forth in claim 1, which includes a rectangular frame corresponding to at least one pipe means of said floating member, said running boards are disposed on said rectangular frame, and said rectangular frames are secured to said profile frames.

7. The floating body, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said two arms constitute an upper arm and a lower arm, the latter connected at one end to a bottom portion of said side of said frame and inclined upwardly extending out of the water at its other end, said upper arm connected at one end to an upper portion of said side of said frame and extending substantially horizontally above the level of the water, the other ends of both of said two arms being operatively connected to each other, and said running boaRd is mounted on said upper arm.