Patent ID: 8876435

Claim:
A floating dock system, the floating dock system comprising: at least two dock sections, each of said dock sections comprising an upper panel and a lower panel, the upper and lower panels secured to one another, the upper panel comprising a substantially planar body having a top, a bottom and at least three edges, the top of the upper panel having an outside perimeter greater than the outside perimeter of bottom of the upper panel such that the upper panel has a lip extending around the perimeter of its top; the lower panel comprising a substantially planar body having a top, a bottom, and at least three edges, the top of the lower panel having an outside perimeter less than the outside perimeter of the bottom of the lower panel such that the lower panel has a lip extending around the perimeter of its bottom; said dock sections comprising substantially horizontal slots along at least one edge, said slots comprising a top edge formed by the lip extending around the perimeter of the upper panel, a bottom edge formed by the lip extending around the perimeter of the lower panel, and an intermediate area between the edges; and at least one buoyant coupling member configured to engage horizontal slots in at least two dock sections; whereby the at least two dock sections are retained together by the at least one coupling member.