Inventors:
Sig T. Fransen - Estacada OR
Wayne K. Dye - Oregon City OR
Assignee:
Oregon Marine Floats, Inc. - Oregon City OR
International Classification:
B63B 3538
Abstract:
A multi-element floating dock has shock-absorbing flexible tieing elements which are installed as a unit without any manual adjustment being required to create a pretension in the shock-absorbing components. Elastomeric pads positioned in aligned cavities formed in the edges of the dock sections receive the ends of the flexible tieing elements. Stops located on the ends of the tieing elements engage the pads so that adjacent dock sections cannot be separated from one another without compressing the pads and thereby creating a compressibly yieldable restraint against the separation of the dock sections and preventing their being separated from one another past a predetermined limit. An elastomeric spacer located between adjacent dock sections provides a compressibly yieldable restraint against moving the dock sections toward one another and prevents them from coming closer to one another than a predetermined amount. Inserts fit between the stops and the ends of the cavities to prevent adjacent dock sections from hitting one another if the spacer becomes worn or is dislodged.