Patent ID: 9039472
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. An interlocking floatation device, comprising: (a) a substantially planar structure having a periphery and an upper, continuous surface, but for at least one connecting recess therein at the periphery of said structure, and being able to float on or proximate a surface of a body of water, wherein a plane of said substantially planar structure aligns with said surface, and wherein said periphery of said structure includes at least three sides, and wherein said at least three sides are each connected at opposite ends, thereof, to any of said at least three sides, and wherein said periphery fully encloses said structure; (b) at least one protrusion disposed on said plane and which extends from said structure on at least two of said at least three sides; (c) at least one connecting recess disposed on said plane and extending from the periphery of said structure on at least two of said at least three sides, wherein any of said protrusions of a first of said interlocking floatation devices is able to be disposed in any of said connecting recesses of a second of said interlocking floatation devices; and (d) means for securing said first interlocking floatation device proximate said second interlocking floatation device on either of said at least two of said three sides; wherein said means for securing includes a first half of a retaining clip disposed proximate said protrusion of said first of said interlocking floatation devices and a second half of a retaining clip disposed proximate said recess of said second of said interlocking floatation devices, wherein said first half of said retaining clip is able to engage with said second half of said retaining clip sufficient to secure said first of said interlocking floatation devices proximate said second of said interlocking floatation devices, and wherein said first half of said retaining clip includes a flexible attachment strap that is secured at a first end, thereof, to said first half of said retaining clip, and wherein a second end of said attachment strap is secured to said first of said interlocking floatation devices.