Demountable dock

Claim 1

A DEMOUNTABLE DOCK FOR SMALL WATER CRAFT COMPRISING AN ELONGATED FRAME INCLUDING KNOCKDOWN GIRDERS OF SUBSTANTIAL DEPTH ALONG OPPOSITE SIDES THAT ARE RIGIDLY BRACED IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION BY CROSSED ARMS AND ALL CONSTRUCTED OF READILY SEPARABLE LIGHT-WEIGHT COMPONENTS; POSTS ARRANGED ALONG OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID FRAME; A LARGE DISK-LIKE BASE LOOSELY PIVOTED TO THE LOWER END OF EACH POST; PAIRS OF ALIGNED EYELETS PROJECTING FROM TOP AND BOTTOM RESPECTIVELY OF THE SIDE GIRDERS OF SAID FRAME SPACED APART VERTICALLY A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE THAT ENCIRCLE SAID POSTS, POSITIONING AND MAINTAINING SAID POSTS IN UPRIGHT POSITION IRRESPECTIVE OF THE LIE OF THEIR LOOSELY PIVOTED BASES; MEANS TO ADJUSTABLY SUSPEND SAID FRAME FROM SAID POSTS; AND DECKING REMOVABLY SUPPORTED ON THE GIRDERS OF SAID FRAME; THE DEEP SIDE GIRDERS OF SAID FRAME BEING COMPOSED OF TUBULAR ARMS ARRANGED IN EQUILATERAL TRIANGULAR FORM WITH THEIR ENDS ENGAGED IN HUBLIKE CONNECTORS AT THE APICES, AND EACH SIDE GIRDER BEING TOPPED WITH AN INVERTED CHANNEL RUNNING THE FULL LENGTH THEREOF, SAID CHANNEL HAVING AN INWARDLY PROJECTING FLANGE ALONG THE LOWER EDGE OF ITS INNER SIDE ON WHICH SAID REMOVABLE DECKING IS NESTED.