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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jay F. Carey, II, Follansbee, WV (US);
Assignee:
The Louis Berkman Company, Steubenville, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 3/544 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 3/544 ;
Abstract
A dock bridge to overlie a gap between two connected dock sections. The dock bridge includes two connector plates and a flexible material connected between the two connector plates. Each of the connector plates is made of a corrosion resistant material and the flexible material is made of a water resistant material. The flexible material includes a plurality of ribs positioned in a substantially parallel orientation and lying substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the dock bridge.