Thin skinned parabolic reflector with radial ribs

Claim 1

AN ANTENNA REFLECTOR HAVING A CONTINUOUS ACCURATE REFLECTING SURFACE, COMPRISING, HOLDING MEANS INCLUDING A CENTERING ELEMENT HAVING AN AXIALLY ARRANGED APERTURE THERETHROUGH, A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY ARRANGED STRUCTURAL MEMBERS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID CENTERING ELEMENT AND EACH SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBER HAVING ITS UPPER EDGE OF PARABOLIC SHAPE, MEANS RADIALLY SPACED FROM SAID CENTERING ELEMENT FOR HOLDING SAID RADIALLY ARRANGED STRUCTURAL MEMBERS IN EQUAL DISTRIBUTION ABOUT A FULL CIRCLE, MEANS FOR SPANNING THE PERIPHERAL ENDS OF SAID RADIALLY ARRANGED STRUCTURE MEMBERS, AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PARABOLIC CENTRAL DISK POSITIONED OVER SAID APERTURE IN SAID CENTERING ELEMENT, A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ABUTTING METALLIC PARABOLIC GORES ARRANGED CO-EXTENSIVELY WITH SAID CENTRAL DISK AND SUPPORTED ADJACENT THE UPPER PARABOLIC EDGES OF SAID RADIALLY ARRANGED STRUCTURAL MEMBERS TO THE PERIPHERAL ENDS OF SAID RADIALLY ARRANGED STRUCTURAL MEMBERS FOR INCREASING THE EFFECTIVE REFLECTING AREA OF SAID REFLECTOR, SEGMENTED SHEETS COVERING THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID RADIALLY EXTENDING STRUCTURAL MEMBERS SO AS TO ENCLOSE SAID ANTENNA REFLECTOR; WITH SAID PARABOLIC GORES AND SAID SEGMENTED SHEETS HAVING EACH OF THEIR EDGES CORRESPONDINGLY SECURED TO THE UPPER AND LOWER EDGES OF SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, HOLDING MEANS, AND SPANNING MEANS, AND PEDESTAL MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID CENTERING ELEMENT.