Patent ID: 8336478
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: B63B,B63H

Abstract:
1. A boat dock system abutting a shore, comprising: a dock; first and second rollable shore traction elements, said first and second rollable shore traction elements carried by said dock and disposed upon said shore; an axle, said axle including opposed first and second ends, said first rollable shore traction element disposed upon said first end and said second rollable shore traction element disposed upon said second end; a driver, said driver carried by said dock, said driver engageable with and configured to roll at least one of said first and second rollable shore traction, elements; a controller, said controller in communication with said driver and configured to selectively energize said driver; whereby said dock system may be self-propelled relative to said shore by selectively energizing said driver with said controller to roll said at least one rollable shore traction element upon said shore.