Full contact pontoon floating deck
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Mar 27, 2018
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Abstract
A full contact pontoon floating deck is revealed. An upper and a lower assembly grooves are disposed concavely on an upper and a lower ends of each of two sides of a pontoon respectively. A connecting rod is connected to the two pontoons by upper connecting members and lower connecting members. One end of the upper connecting member and one end of the lower connecting member are connected to the upper and the lower assembly grooves of the pontoon respectively by upper and lower assembly members while an upper and a lower connecting portions on the other end of the upper and the lower connecting members are connected to an upper and a lower connecting grooves of the connecting rod respectively. Thereby the tight connection forms a fully-sealed design with good support strength. No vapor space is formed so that environmental requirements are met.
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Patent Owner | Address | |
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FLOAT-TEK INTERNATIONAL CO LTD | NO 66 LANE 11 CHONGMING 13TH ST EAST DISTRICT TAINAN CITY |
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- 2017 Application Filing Year
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- 976 Applications Filed
- 721 Patents Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Su, Chin-Fa | Tainan, TW | 4 | 8 |
# of filed Patents : 4 Total Citations : 8 |
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