ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,044, issued on July 22, was assigned to Bulmann Enterprises Inc. (Boyne City, Mich.).
"Dock assembly with inter-engaging sections incorporating cam profile clips and lift lever mechanism for vertical adjustability" was invented by Stephen Paul Bulmann (Charlevoix, Mich.) and Hans Steven Creutz (Alanson, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dock assembly with inter-engaging dock sections such as associated with a temporary dock supported upon a body of water. The assembly teaches a locking mechanism incorporating cam profiled engaging clips for inter-assembling individual dock sections. The present invention also discloses either of...