Apparatus for making models of structures

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS SYSTEM FOR USE IN MAKING MODELS OF STRUCTURAL ASSEMBLIES, COMPRISING BASIC H BEAM MEMBERS, SAID BEAM MEMBERS HAVING PARALLEL FLANGE PARTS JOINED BY A WEB PART, THE FLANGE PARTS HAVING A BULBOUS PART SPACED FROM THE WEB PART EXTENDING ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE FLANGE ON THE SIDE THEREOF WHICH FACES THE WEB PART, ALL OF THE BULBOUS PARTS BEING EQUALLY SPACED FROM THE WEB PART, A HUB CONNECTOR ELEMENT, SAID HUB CONNECTOR ELEMENT HAVING A BLOCK-LIKE BODY, SAID BODY HAVING A CUTOUT PART EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, THE CUTOUT HAVING THE SHAPE OF THE TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTIONAL CONFIGURATION OF THE BASIC BEAMS AND BEING LARGE ENOUGH TO FIT SLIDABLY OVER AND SURROUND SAID BASIC BEAMS, SAID BODY ALSO HAVING BEAM COUPLING ARM ELEMENTS EXTENDING THEREFROM, SAID ARM ELEMENTS HAVING A TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTIONAL CONFIGURATION WHICH IS GENERALLY T-SHAPED, THE CROSS MEMBER PART OF THE T BEING SIZED TO FIT SLIDABLY BETWEEN A PAIR OF PARALLEL FLANGES AND THE WEB AND ADJACENT BULBOUS PARTS OF A BASIC BEAM WITH THE BASE OF THE T EXTENDING BETWEEN THE BULBOUS PARTS OF SAID PAIR OF PARALLEL FLANGES, SAID HUB CONNECTOR ELEMENT HAVING MEANS FOR SECURING IT IN A FIXED RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO A BASIC BEAM MEMBER, AND A T-HEADED COUPLER, SAID COUPLER INCLUDING A FLAT BODY PLATE, SAID BODY PLATE HAVING AN ELONGATED TSHAPED COUPLING HEAD EXTENDING PERPENDICULARLY THEREFROM WITH THE CROSS MEMBER OF THE T-SHAPED HEAD SPACED FROM THE BODY PLATE, SAID CROSS-MEMBER BEING DIMENSIONED TO FIT CLOSELY BETWEEN THE SPACE DEFINED BY THE WEB AND THE PARALLEL FLANGES AND THEIR BULBOUS PARTS ON ONE SIDE OF A BASIC BEAM, THE BASE OF SAID T-SHAPED HEAD BEING ADAPTED TO EXTEND BETWEEN ADJACENT BULBOUS PARTS OF A BASIC BEAM, A BEAM COUPLING ARM ELEMENT OF THE TYPE EXTENDING FROM THE BODY OF SAID HUB CONNECTOR ELEMENT, SAID LAST MENTIONED COUPLING ARM ELEMENT BEING SECURED TO AND EXTENDING FROM A SIDE OF SAID BODY PLATE OPPOSITE FROM WHICH THE T HEAD EXTENDS, THE CROSS MEMBER PART OF THE COUPLER ARM ELEMENT BEING PERPENDICULAR TO THE CROSS MEMBER OF THE T-SHAPED HEAD.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS SYSTEM FOR USE IN MAKING MODELS OF STRUCTURAL ASSEMBLIES, COMPRISING BASIC H BEAM MEMBERS, SAID BEAM MEMBERS HAVING PARALLEL FLANGE PARTS JOINED BY A WEB PART, THE FLANGE PARTS HAVING A BULBOUS PART SPACED FROM THE WEB PART EXTENDING ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE FLANGE ON THE SIDE THEREOF WHICH FACES THE WEB PART, ALL OF THE BULBOUS PARTS BEING EQUALLY SPACED FROM THE WEB PART, A HUB CONNECTOR ELEMENT, SAID HUB CONNECTOR ELEMENT HAVING A BLOCK-LIKE BODY, SAID BODY HAVING A CUTOUT PART EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, THE CUTOUT HAVING THE SHAPE OF THE TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTIONAL CONFIGURATION OF THE BASIC BEAMS AND BEING LARGE ENOUGH TO FIT SLIDABLY OVER AND SURROUND SAID BASIC BEAMS, SAID BODY ALSO HAVING BEAM COUPLING ARM ELEMENTS EXTENDING THEREFROM, SAID ARM ELEMENTS HAVING A TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTIONAL CONFIGURATION WHICH IS GENERALLY T-SHAPED, THE CROSS MEMBER PART OF THE T BEING SIZED TO FIT SLIDABLY BETWEEN A PAIR OF PARALLEL FLANGES AND THE WEB AND ADJACENT BULBOUS PARTS OF A BASIC BEAM WITH THE BASE OF THE T EXTENDING BETWEEN THE BULBOUS PARTS OF SAID PAIR OF PARALLEL FLANGES, SAID HUB CONNECTOR ELEMENT HAVING MEANS FOR SECURING IT IN A FIXED RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO A BASIC BEAM MEMBER, AND A T-HEADED COUPLER, SAID COUPLER INCLUDING A FLAT BODY PLATE, SAID BODY PLATE HAVING AN ELONGATED TSHAPED COUPLING HEAD EXTENDING PERPENDICULARLY THEREFROM WITH THE CROSS MEMBER OF THE T-SHAPED HEAD SPACED FROM THE BODY PLATE, SAID CROSS-MEMBER BEING DIMENSIONED TO FIT CLOSELY BETWEEN THE SPACE DEFINED BY THE WEB AND THE PARALLEL FLANGES AND THEIR BULBOUS PARTS ON ONE SIDE OF A BASIC BEAM, THE BASE OF SAID T-SHAPED HEAD BEING ADAPTED TO EXTEND BETWEEN ADJACENT BULBOUS PARTS OF A BASIC BEAM, A BEAM COUPLING ARM ELEMENT OF THE TYPE EXTENDING FROM THE BODY OF SAID HUB CONNECTOR ELEMENT, SAID LAST MENTIONED COUPLING ARM ELEMENT BEING SECURED TO AND EXTENDING FROM A SIDE OF SAID BODY PLATE OPPOSITE FROM WHICH THE T HEAD EXTENDS, THE CROSS MEMBER PART OF THE COUPLER ARM ELEMENT BEING PERPENDICULAR TO THE CROSS MEMBER OF THE T-SHAPED HEAD.