Floating dock and method of constructing same

Claim 1

IN A RECTANGULAR FLOATING DOCK, THE COMBINATION OF A PLURALITY OF IDENTICAL RECTANGULAR FLOATS EXTENDING THE LENGTH OF SAID DOCK, SAID FLOATS EACH HAVING LONGER SIDE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE LONGER SIDE OF THE NEXT IN HORIZONTAL, JUXTAPOSED RELATION, SAID FLOATS EACH HAVING TOP SURFACES AND BOTTOM SURFACES, AND SAID SURFACES LYING IN RESPECTIVE COMMON HORIZONTAL PLANES, THE LONGER SIDE OF SAID RECTANGULAR FLOATS DEFINING THE WIDTH OF SAID DOCK AND THE SUM OF THE SHORTER SIDES OF ALL OF SAID FLOATS DEFINING THE OVERALL LENGTH OF SAID DOCK; A PAIR OF LONGITUDINAL, SPACED UNDERPINNINGS SUPPORTING SAID FLOATS, SAID UNDERPINNINGS EACH HAVING A TOP SURFACE IN CONTACT WITH SAID BOTTOM SURFACE OF FLOATS AND OF LENGTH EQUAL TO LENGTH OF DOCK, SAID UNDERPINNINGS HAVING OUTER EDGES SPACED TO COINCIDE WITH OUTER EDGES OF SAID FLOATS AND SAID UNDERPINNINGS DEFINING THE WIDTH OF SAID DOCK; A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINAL NAILING STRIPS HAVING A TOP SURFACE AND A BOTTOM SURFACE, SAID BOTTOM SURFACE RESTING UPON SAID FLOATS, SAID STRIPS EACH HAVING LENGTH EQUAL TO OVERALL LENGTH OF DOCK; A PLURALITY OF CLAMPING MEANS SECURING EACH OF SAID UNDERPINNINGS TO ONE OF SAID NAILING STRIPS, SAID FLOATS BEING SANDWICHED THEREBETWEEN AND SECURELY HELD IN POSITION; AND DECKING PLANKS TRANSVERSELY FASTENED TO SAID NAILING STRIPS WHEREBY A UNITARY FLOATING STRUCTURE IS PROVIDED.