Patent ID: 7784419
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
1. A floating dock structure comprising a pair of side rails secured together in spaced-apart substantially parallel relationship by a plurality of cross-members connected between said side rails to a lower tubular portion of said side rails; said side rails each being a single-piece, hollow, tubular aluminum extruded side rails defining a top wall, an exterior side wall, a bottom wall and an interior side wall spaced inwardly from said exterior side wall; one or more braces are provided between said exterior side wall and said interior side wall, elongated deck support stringers secured in spaced-apart relationship on a top wall of said cross-members and extending in substantially parallel relationship to each other and to said side rails, decking floor members supported by said deck support stringers elevated from said top wall of said cross-members to create underfloor passages to receive conduits having outside diameters of up to five inches and services material, and connectors to secure floats under said cross-members.