A self-deploying float assembly to support mechanical equipment such as aerators and mixers for use in water, wastewater and process water stream treatment basins and a method of installing same.

A self-deploying float assembly to support mechanical equipment such as aerators and mixers for use in water, wastewater and process water stream treatment basins and a method of installing same.

A pontoon raft frame made of mirror-image right side and left side tubular sections that are connectable to form a rectangular pontoon raft with a front opening in the raft frame for the seated user's legs to fit. Each tubular section is made of a J shaped assembly hinged to a C shaped assembly, that when connected to form the raft frame, can be placed atop of and strapped to a pair of air bladder pontoons by a set of pontoon cradles extending from the inside and outside of the J and C shaped assemblies. A folding seat is slidingly adjustable along a set of seat rails across the joined C shaped assemblies. The design allows for expansion as the assembled raft frame can be connected with other identical pontoon raft frames in a linear fashion and coupled to longer air bladder pontoons.

A pontoon raft frame made of mirror-image right side and left side tubular sections that are connectable to form a rectangular pontoon raft with a front opening in the raft frame for the seated user's legs to fit. Each tubular section is made of a J shaped assembly hinged to a C shaped assembly, that when connected to form the raft frame, can be placed atop of and strapped to a pair of air bladder pontoons by a set of pontoon cradles extending from the inside and outside of the J and C shaped assemblies. A folding seat is slidingly adjustable along a set of seat rails across the joined C shaped assemblies. The design allows for expansion as the assembled raft frame can be connected with other identical pontoon raft frames in a linear fashion and coupled to longer air bladder pontoons.