Patent ID: 8459902
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: E02B,G09F,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A dock catway comprising a catway frame adapted at a near end to be secured to a dock, a nose piece structure at a far end of said catway frame, at least one dock bumper secured to a side wall of said catway structure, a platform on a top end of said catway frame, said nose piece being molded with two layers of polyethylene, an inner one of said layers being of a lighter contrasting color than an outer one of said layers, wherein said outer one of said two layers is at least partly machined to form engravings having increased translucency to conduct light from one or more internal light sources secured inside said nose piece, said nose piece being further molded with elevated profiles to form ridges, said ridges being abraded in a top portion thereof to expose said inner one of said layers to expose said lighter contrasting color layer to delineate an abraded profile with respect to said outer one of said layers.