Patent ID: 6135045
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A floating platform for bathing purposes, comprising;a top panel layer having upper and lower parallel surfaces and formed of a permanently buoyant plastic foam material;a bottom panel layer having upper and lower parallel surfaces and formed of a permanently buoyant foam material, the upper surface thereof being disposed in face-to-face relationship with the bottom surface of the upper panel layer;means for joining the top panel layer to the bottom panel layer including;a first rigid clamping plate imbedded in the top panel layer parallel to the upper and lower surfaces thereof;a second rigid clamping plate disposed adjacent the lower surface of the bottom panel layer, parallel to the first clamping plate;threaded means carried on the first clamping plate;the second clamping plate having a fastener-receiving opening aligned with the threaded means on the first clamping plate; andan elongated eye bolt having threaded means on one end thereof engaged with the threaded means on the first clamping plate, and an eye, larger than the fastener-receiving opening in the second clamping plate, and disposed on the opposite side of the second clamping plate as the first clamping plate such that by turning the eye bolt, the first plate is biased toward the second plate to clamp portions of the top panel layer and the bottom panel layer together.