Abstract: Modular stage platform comprises a pair of parallel, spaced-apart base members each comprising an elongated extrusion having an upstanding wall defining a continuous toe plate and an inwardly facing channel at the bottom thereof, the channels of the pair of spaced apart base members being opposed to each other, a plurality of equispaced transverse tubular members having opposite ends inserted into said opposed channels and secured thereto along said base members, a pair of parallel, spaced-apart midrails, each comprising an elongated U-shaped extrusion having a pair of walls depending downwardly from a web, said walls having opposed ridges formed on their inner sides spaced from the distal ends thereof and spaced from the web to form a continuous, downwardly-facing recess along the length of each rail and an inner box-like cavity, a plurality of equispaced vertical tubular members having their upper ends inserted into said recess and their lower ends abutting the base member channel rigidly secured thereto in

Abstract: A drum hoist or winch in which at least one circular cam lobe mounted eccentrically on an axle overlapping the axle is interconnected with a like circular cam lobe mounted on a second axle by inboard linkage whereby rotation of one axle will rotate the other axle in unison. A hoist drum mounted concentrically with at least one of the axles can thus be rotated in unison with the other axle to wind or unwind one or more cables thereon.A preferred embodiment has three circular cam lobes mounted eccentrically on each axle 120.degree. angularly out of phase with each other with an inboard link plate interconnecting a cam lobe on each axle in rotatable relation.A brake mechanism mounted on an axle has components normally frictionally engaged which rotate as a unit. Sliding frictional motion to slow down and positively brake the hoist to a stop is provided only when rotary speed of the axle exceeds a predetermined speed.

Abstract: A novel marine dock section adapted to be supported by flotation units or posts is described. A pair of horizontally spaced apart, upright, prefabricated truss-like frameworks, each comprising a pair of longitudinal tubular members preferably of rectangular cross-section secured a spaced distance apart by a plurality of vertical tubular struts extending through and double swaged into the longitudinal tubular members, are joined together by a plurality of cross members to form a planar rectangular frame which supports a wood plank decking.