Patent ID: 7225751

Claim:
A floating drive-on dock element comprising: an upper receiving surface constructed and arranged to guide and support a watercraft thereupon, a generally planar lower surface, a front wall, a back wall, and a pair of side walls for adjoining and maintaining spacing between said upper surface and said lower surface, said receiving surface includes two upward standing and generally parallel guide and support rails, said guide and support rails spaced apart and connected by a lowered track-way surface, wherein said guide and support rails are constructed and arranged to cooperate with a watercraft keel and hull to provide guiding and support when used for drive-on docking, said upper surface, said lower surface, and said front, said back, and said side walls continuously and integrally formed, said continuously formed upper surface, said lower surface, and said front, said back, and said side walls forming an inner cavity, a plurality of apertures spaced around the perimeter of said dock element for connecting adjacently arranged dock elements, each said aperture including an continuously and integrally formed aperture wall extending between said upper surface and said lower surface, said upper receiving surface including a recessed surface extending at least partially around each said aperture and extending to the perimeter of said dock element, said recessed surface and said aperture defining an upper socket, wherein an outer surface of an upper connecting link elate is substantially co-planar with said upper surface when assembled.