Modular float and pier structure

Claim 1

A MODULAR STRUCTURE FOR PIERS AND FLOATAS, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION; A PLURALITY OF GIRDERS, KEYS, AND PIN MEANS, SAID KEYS BEING PROVIDED WITH SPACED-APART OPENINGS FOR RECEIVING SAID PINS MEANS, SAID PIN MEANS BEING ATTACHED TO SAID GIRDERS AND RECEIVED IN SAID KEY OPENINGS TO SECURE ENDS OF SAID GIRDERS THERETO TO FORM A POLYGONAL FRAMEWORK IN WHICH A KEY FORMS EACH APEX AND A PLANAR POLYGONAL DECK ELEMENT RECEIVABLE IN SAID FRAMEWORK FOR SUPPORT THEREBY IN A DIRECTION NORMAL TO SAID DECK, THE EDGES OF SAID DECK ELEMENT ABUTTING SAID GIRDERS INTERIORLY OF SAID FRAMEWORK FOR TRANSVERSE SUPPORT THEREOF, SAID KEYS FURTHER BEING PROVIDED WITH RECESSES LOCATED INTERMEDIATE ADJACENT ONES OF SAID PIN-RECEIVING OPENINGS, A PLURALITY OF ANGLES SECURED IN SAID RECESSES AND SECURING THE APICES OF SAID DECK ELEMENT THERETO, WHEREBY SAID GIRDERS AND SAID DECK ELEMENT ARE INDEPENDENTLY SECURED TO SAID KEYS, A PLURALITY OF SUPPORTING POSTS, EACH OF SAID KEYS BEING FORMED WITH A CENTRAL BORE RECEVING ONE OF SAID SUPPORTING POSTS, SAID RECESSES IN EACH KEY COMMUNICATING WITH SAID BORE THEREOF TO RECEIVE SAID ANGLES IN ABUTTING RELATON AGAINST SAID POST, AND MEANS FOR JAMMINS SAID ANGLES INTO GRIPPING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID POSTS TO SECURE SAID MODULAR STRUCTURE THEREON.