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US4655156A
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Flotation system
Assignee: IDEES DUMARIN Inc (A CANADIAN CORPORATION)
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Filing: 1985-02-15
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Granted: 1987-04-07
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Expires: 2005-02-15
Abstract
Abstract Floating structures, for example, for recreational aquatic activities, comprises a plurality of individual uniquely-constructed modular flotation units constructed to permit any desired freeboard dimension and/or buoyancy characteristics.
Inventors
- 👤 Ferdinand M. Svirklys
- 👤 Peter G. Lancucki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 21:32
CPC Classifications
B; B63; B63B; B63B35/00; B63B35/34; B63B35/38
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
190 words
A modular flotation unit useful for vertical assembly with other like flotation units to provide floating structures of desired buoyancy, which comprises: a generally cubic or box-like shape having upper and lower surfaces, end surfaces and side surfaces and constructed to float on water, said upper surface having a pair of diagonally-spaced protrusions and a pair of diagonally-spaced depressions complementarily-shaped with respect to said protrusions, said lower surface having a pair of diagonally-spaced protrusions located complementarily to said depressions in said top surface and a pair of diagonally-spaced depressions located complementarily to said protrusions in said top surface and complementarily-shaped with respect to said protrusions, each said end wall having at least one depression extending for substantially the height thereof and terminating in a wall at the upper end and open at the lower end, each said side wall having at least one depression extending for the height thereof and terminating in a wall at the lower end and open at the upper end, each said wall having a bore therethrough to enable abutted walls of surface-abutting flotation units to be fastened together by fastening means engaging the aligned bores.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
190 words
A modular flotation unit useful for vertical assembly with other like flotation units to provide floating structures of desired buoyancy, which comprises: a generally cubic or box-like shape having upper and lower surfaces, end surfaces and side surfaces and constructed to float on water, said upper surface having a pair of diagonally-spaced protrusions and a pair of diagonally-spaced depressions complementarily-shaped with respect to said protrusions, said lower surface having a pair of diagonally-spaced protrusions located complementarily to said depressions in said top surface and a pair of diagonally-spaced depressions located complementarily to said protrusions in said top surface and complementarily-shaped with respect to said protrusions, each said end wall having at least one depression extending for substantially the height thereof and terminating in a wall at the upper end and open at the lower end, each said side wall having at least one depression extending for the height thereof and terminating in a wall at the lower end and open at the upper end, each said wall having a bore therethrough to enable abutted walls of surface-abutting flotation units to be fastened together by fastening means engaging the aligned bores.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The flotation unit of claim 1, wherein each said protrusion and depression is rectangularly shaped.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
The flotation unit of claim 1 including a depression formed in at least one of said upper and lower surfaces and extending between either the side surfaces or the end surfaces to bisect the respective surface into two substantially equal area segments.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
The flotation unit of claim 1 wherein said fastening means comprises bolt means.
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