Portable marine platform

Claim 1

A STRUCTURE FOR PROVIDING A WORKING AREA OVER A BODY OF WATER, COMPRISING: (A) A FRAMEWORK HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING BORES FORMED IN THE UPPER EXTREMITY THEREOF; (B) A PLURALITY OF HOLLOW PONTOONS AFFIXED TO THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID FRAMEWORK, WHICH PONTOONS HAVE SUFFICIENT BUOYANCY TO FLOAT SAID FRAMEWORK AT A DESIRED LOCATION IN SAID BODY OF WATER; (C) MEANS TO ADMIT WATER INTO SAID PONTOONS FOR LESSENING THE BUOYANCY THEREOF TO CAUSE SAID FRAMEWORK AND PONTOONS TO CONCURRENTLY MOVE DOWNWARDLY IN SAID BODY OF WATER UNTIL SAID PONTOONS REST ON THE BOTTOM THEREOF; (D) A BUOYANT PLATFORM THAT DEFINES SAID WORKING AREA AND IS CAPABLE OF BEING FLOATED TO SAID DESIRED LOCATION; (E) A PLURALITY OF VERTICALLY DISPOSED PILES VERTICALLY AND ADJUSTABLY SUPPORTED FROM SAID PLATFORM; (F) A PLURALITY OF PINS PROJECTING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID PILES THAT REMOVABLY ENGAGE SAID BORES, WHICH PINS ARE SMALLER IN TRANSVERSE CROSS SECTION THAN THAT OF SAID BORES TO PERMIT ANGULAR POSITIONING OF SAID FRAMEWORK RELATIVE TO SAID PILES; AND (G) MEANS TO RAISE SAID PLATFORM UPWARDLY ON SAID PILES WHEN SAID PINS ARE IN SAID BORES TO A POSITION SUFFICIENTLY HIGH ABOVE THE SURFACE OF SAID BODY OF WATER AS TO NOT BE BUFFETED BY WAVES FORMED THEREON.