430 results about "Pontoon bridge" patented technology

A suspension system for a vehicle is provided that allows for the vehicle body to be tilted wherein the tilt is controlled by the operator's legs in a manner that greatly enhances the stability of the vehicle while producing a fun vehicle to operate. Further, the bottom member of the suspension system is structured in a manner that provides storage capacity for installation of heavy items such as battery banks in order to preserve a lowered center of gravity for the vehicle. The tilting suspension may be used in the context of three-wheeled vehicle having a single rear drive tire and two forward wheels, but apply equally to a four wheeled vehicle as well as to water craft operating on pontoons or snow vehicles operating on skis.

A modular buoyant support apparatus is comprised of buoyant support modules of inflatable pontoons. The pontoons comprise inflatable tubular chambers, typically fabricated of polymer coated fabric sheet material. A buoyant support module comprises a rigid frame connected to an inflatable pontoon. A means is provided to interconnect buoyant support modules to form a modular buoyant support apparatus of varied support area and configuration. Means are provided to attach an appropriately configured dock surface to the modular buoyant support apparatus.

The invention relates to a fast consolidation method of blow-filled soft soil for land reclamation, comprising the following process steps of: erecting a floating bridge; paving a plastic woven cloth; paving a main pipe and a branch pipe; inserting a plastic drainage plate; embedding a joint and a vacuum degree meter of a vacuum pump and a pore pressure meter monitoring device; paving a geotextile; paving a vacuum film; distributing the vacuum pump and trying to vacuumize; vacuumizing; monitoring construction; and carrying out vacuum water covering united pre-loading and unloading detection, wherein the step of erecting the floating bridge comprises: erecting the floating bridge on the blow-filled soft soil requiring the treatment and building a construction platform and a channel on mud. The invention has the advantages that construction members carry out operations of paving the plastic woven cloth, inserting the plastic drainage plate, laying pipes, paving the geotextile and the like on the floating bridge, thereby the technical problem that the follow-up treatment on the new blow-filled soft soil cannot be instantly carried out by using the traditional soft soil foundation treatment technology is solved, and 2-5 years for consolidating the new blow-filled soft soil naturally before retreatment are saved.

The invention relates to a telescopic floating bridge which comprises a support frame and bridge panels. The support frame comprises two rows of side frames; the side frames are connected with side frame telescopic drive devices; the two side frames are connected integrally through a transverse rod; each row of the side frame is a linked telescopic structure which is formed by sequentially hinging multiple groups of X-shaped hinged components; each component is provided with a foldable connecting rod in a connecting manner; the bridge panels are hinged to the transverse rod; the bridge panels are hinged end to end to form an integral body; the support frame in a telescopic structure is unfolded when being used and shrunk when being out of use, so that convenience is brought to transportation; the support frame can stretch out and draw back, so that the support frame is unnecessary to be set up on site, but can be set up at the usual time and directly transported to the site and unfolded for use. The telescopic floating bridge is fast in set-up speed, can open up traffic of two sides of rivers rapidly, and is suitable for rescue, and disaster relief or military affairs.

The invention provides a system, method, and components for assembling and disassembling boardwalks, decks, and platforms. The invention has a number of extruded and interlocking components. It is installed by driving piles, preferably helical piles, into a ground surface. The invention provides a comprehensive set of assembly members, including and not limited to brackets that attach to the piles, headers, joists, cross braces, decking, and decking fasteners for holding the decking in place. In particular, a multiple-way adjustable bracket connects the piles to the rest of the structure.

A cover system for a pontoon boat having an expanding frame. The cover system includes framework for receiving a flexible material thereon. The framework has a plurality of U shaped supports that have the ability to traverse on a track apparatus for the purpose of quick and easy placement and removal. The cover system also includes a stowing compartment for the specific purpose of storage of framework and cover components therein.

The invention provides a folding box, a floating bridge, an erection method, a pile foundation loading device and a load providing method, which realize folding and unfolding, and solve the problems of large storage space and transportation difficulty of the box body in the construction. Includes an upper support assembly, a lower support assembly and a side panel assembly arranged between the upper support assembly and the lower support assembly and foldable; The floating bridge comprises a plurality of groups of folding boxes, wherein the folding boxes are inflated in the capsule, the plurality of groups of folding boxes are respectively arranged side by side along the length and width direction of the floating bridge to form a floating bridge, the two sides of the floating bridge are respectively connected with side anchors by side anchor cables, and the adjacent folding boxes are fixedly connected by fasteners; The pile foundation loading device comprises a loading detection loading detection base, a folding box and supporting columns, water injection in a bag of the folding box, one or more loading layers are arranged on the loading detection base, each loading layer comprisesa plurality of groups of folding boxes arranged side by side, and a plurality of supporting columns are arranged between an upper supporting component and a lower supporting component of each group of the folding boxes.

A pontoon boat having enhanced handling characteristics includes a deck, a central pontoon mounted to said deck, two outer pontoons mounted to said deck on respective opposite sides of said central pontoon, and a motor, wherein the central pontoon extends below the outer pontoons to create a V-shaped hull, and the motor is capable of causing said center and outer pontoons to plane during normal operation.

A modular buoyant support apparatus is comprised of buoyant support modules of inflatable pontoons. The pontoons comprise inflatable cylindrical tubular chambers, typically fabricated of polymer coated fabric sheet material. Pontoons are fashioned so that they may be connected directly, in a modular fashion, to the underside of an appropriately configured dock platform. In some embodiments, a pontoon presents a relatively planar surface to the underside of the dock platform. The pontoons connect with attachment mechanisms depending from the dock platform via attachment points integral to or connected to the pontoons. Advantageously, the pontoons may be shipped deflated to the location for the dock and, in situ, both inflated for deployment and deflated for maintenance or relocation.

A retractable cover system for a pontoon boat comprising an expanding frame of U-shaped supports sliding in tracks along the sides of the boat, the U-shaped supports interconnected by expanding scissors. The bow and stern ends of the frame are provided with pivoting sections that include horizontal and angled U-shaped supports to define fabric-supporting and fabric-securing structure at the bow and stern of the boat when the frame is fully extended. The retracted frame and fabric cover self-store at the stern of the boat by tilting a pivot station portion of the track rearwardly.

A pontoon boat including a plurality of pontoons and a deck secured to the pontoons. A wall assembly is anchored to and extends upwardly from the deck to provide an interior space of the deck for accommodating passengers. The pontoon boat includes a substantially enclosed storage space defined at least in part by a portion of the deck and a portion of the wall assembly. The wall assembly has a bottom edge that is spaced off of the deck to provide a first air access opening into the storage space from beneath the wall. At least one vent is provided in the wall portion at a location spaced above the bottom edge and in open communication with the storage space. The vent enhances air flow and venting of the storage space.

A removable truck deck for use as part of a roll-off truck deck system. In one embodiment, the removable truck deck comprises a replaceable and interchangeable side fitting that may be locked at a desired position along the length of the removable truck deck. The side fitting may be used to provide a plurality of interchangeable attachments on the truck deck. One such attachment may include a pontoon permitting the truck deck to float when removed from the truck. A plurality of floating truck decks in abutting longitudinal series may be used to create a floating bridge. Other attachments include, wheels, cranes, winches, transverse partitions, tailgates, sidewalls, etc.

A rack for transporting personal pontoon watercraft. The rack has an anchor member which inserts in a standard trailer hitch receptacle and a support structure to which the watercraft is attached. Pivoting embodiments also have a pivot hinge which provides for the support structure to pivot between a down position for loading and an up position for transport, and a support brace which secures the rack in an up or transport position. The pivot hinge attaches the bottom end of the support structure to the rear end of the anchor member. The support structure includes one or more pairs of cradles into which the deck of the watercraft is slid which hold the watercraft in a vertical position for transport.

The invention discloses a DDMS heavy draught upright post platform, which belongs to the technical field of ocean engineering and ship engineering, and is applicable to oil gas drilling and producing of an abyssal sea area. The upright post platform is characterized by consisting of four heavy draught upright posts, an upright post of a center well, a heave plate, a transverse pontoon bridge, a soft cabin, an anchoring system, a riser system and a platform upper part, wherein the four heave draught upright posts are arranged on four angular points of a cross section of the platform; the upright post of the center well is arranged in the center of the cross section; a K-shaped beam is arranged on the top of a hard cabin to connect the upright posts and the center well; the heave plate and the hard cabin of the platform are directly integrated into a whole, and are horizontally arranged on the upright posts; the transverse pontoon bridge is arranged on the bottom of the hard cabin to connect each upright post; and the soft cabin in large volume is arranged on the bottom of the platform and is filled with ballast weight. The platform has the advantages that building difficulty and cost of the platform are lower; the structure of the center well makes the upright posts protected; elasticity of global design and use space of the platform upper part are larger; hydrodynamic performance can be improved, so the platform has excellent motion performance; application of a dry-type tree is supported; and the platform is applicable to various conditions of different sea areas and sea conditions.

A dual column semisubmersible floating platform for use in offshore applications has a hull configuration including vertical support columns, pontoon structures connecting the lower ends of the vertical support columns, and a deck structure supported at an upper end of the columns. The vertical columns are arranged in pairs with one of the pair of vertical columns disposed a distance outward from the second of the pair. Arranging the columns in pairs provides for improved motions, more efficient deck structures and an improved opportunity to optimize the overall system for a particular application. The dual column semisubmersible can support offshore hydrocarbon drilling and production, including the use of wet trees or dry trees for hydrocarbon production. Risers can be supported on the pontoon and extended to the deck, and the structure can be anchored by mooring lines extending along the outboard face of the outboard columns extending radially outward and downward from their lower ends.

The invention discloses a construction program of a semi-submersible platform for offshore oil and gas development, and comprises the following steps: preparing parts, making an upgrade support, and folding a pontoon and a column into a lower part structure; a plurality of elevating brackets are arranged on the exterior of two sides in the longitudinal direction of a main deck, a plurality of elevating brackets are arranged on the hollow position of two sides in the longitudinal direction of the main deck, a lower elevating lifting point is arranged on a position which corresponds to strong structure of the close lower part of the main deck under the elevating brackets of the interior and the exterior, a elevating beam on the top part of the elevating bracket is provided with pressure synchronous elevating equipment which is connected with lower elevating lifting point on the main deck so as to carry out the overall hydraulic synchronizing elevating and lifting on the main deck, the lower part structure of the main deck is moved under thereof to be in place, and the pressure synchronous lifting equipment slowly lowers to enable the main deck to be located on the lower part structure and to be welded and provided with a tube support structure. The invention has simple operation, time saving and energy saving and improved working efficiency.