Patent ID: 8087373

Claim:
A floating module comprising: a shell encasing a buoyant foam core having a top, a first side opposite a second side, a first end wall opposite a second end wall and a bottom, first and second male interconnecting assemblies each having a cylindrical side wall having a diameter, a base plate secured inside said cylindrical side wall and generally perpendicular to said cylindrical side wall, and an aperture through said base plate at approximately a center of said base plate, said first male interconnecting assembly having a first male end embedded in said first end wall proximal said first side and having a first male collar extending from said first end wall opposite said first male end, said first male collar having a height, said second male interconnecting assembly having a second male end embedded in said second end wall proximal said second side and having a second male collar extending from said second end wall opposite said second male end, said second male collar having a height, first and second female interconnecting assemblies each having a cylindrical side wall having a diameter, a base plate secured inside said cylindrical side wall and generally perpendicular to said cylindrical side wall, and an aperture through said base plate at approximately a center of said base plate, said first female interconnecting assembly having a first female end embedded in said first end wall proximal said second side and longitudinally aligned with said second male interconnecting assembly and having a first female collar extending from said first end wall opposite said first female end, said first female collar having a height, said second female interconnecting assembly having a second female end embedded in said second end wall proximal said first side and longitudinally aligned with said first male interconnecting assembly and having a second female collar extending from said second end wall opposite said second female end, said second female collar having a height, a first conduit extending longitudinally through said shell and connecting said aperture of said base plate of said first male interconnecting assembly with said aperture of said base plate of said second female interconnecting assembly, a second conduit extending longitudinally through said shell and connecting said aperture of said base plate of said first female interconnecting assembly with said aperture of said base plate of said second male interconnecting assembly, wherein said first male collar height is greater than said second female collar height, wherein said second male collar height is greater than said first female collar height, wherein said diameter of said cylindrical side wall of said first male interconnecting assembly is less than said diameter of said cylindrical side wall of said second female interconnecting assembly, and wherein said diameter of said cylindrical side wall of said second male interconnecting assembly is less than said diameter of said cylindrical side wall of said first female interconnecting assembly.