Portable boat dock

Claim 1

A boat dock assembly comprising: (a) a main dock structure having a top side, an underside and a block of rigid foam material mounted to said underside for providing buoyancy to the dock structure; (b) a pair of elongated outrigger arrangements adapted to float in water for stabilizing said main dock structure, each of said outrigger arrangements including an elongated rigid arm, means for disengagably connecting one end of said arm with said dock structure, a float removably connected to said arm, and an elongated cushion serving as a bumper guard fixedly connected to and extending along one side of said arm, said outrigger arrangements being located on opposite sides of said main dock structure and each of said connecting means including a hinge mechanism which operates in a first way for fixedly connecting its associated arm in an operating position with said dock structure and a second way for pivotally connecting its associated arm with said dock structure such that said arm is pivotally movable about a given axis between its operating position and a folded-away stored position, each of the said hinge mechanisms also operating in a third way for pivotally supporting its associated arm to said dock structure about a second axis perpendicular to said first-mentioned axis such that its arm is movable between said operating position and a second folded-away stored position; (c) means disengagably connected between said dock structure and each of said outrigger arrangements for providing reinforcement between the latter and said dock structure; and (d) a plank arrangement including an elongated plank and means for disengageably connecting one end thereof to said main dock structure.