Space capsule

Claim 1

A CAPSULE CASING CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING AN ENCLOSURE FORMED OF TWO SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SPACED THIN METALLIC PLATES HAVING A STIFFENING CORE MATERIAL DISPOSED THEREBETWEEN, A FRAMEWORK COMPOSED OF A PLURALITY OF RIGIDLY INTERCONNECTED VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL BEAM MEMBERS SURROUNDING SAID ENCLOSURE, SAID VERTICAL BEAM MEMBERS BEING IN SUPPORTING CONTACTING RELATIONSHIP WITH PORTIONS OF THE OUTER ONE OF SAID METALLIC PLATES, A CONTINUOUS THIN SHEET OF METALLIC MATERIAL CONFORMINGLY ENCIRCLING SAID FRAMEWORK, SAID SHEET BEING ATTACHED AT SPACED POINTS TO AN INTERMEDIATE ONE OF SAID HORIZONTAL BEAM MEMBERS ALONG ONE ENTIRE HORIZONTAL PLANE THEREOF, CLAMPS SECURED TO SAID SHEET FOR SLIDABLY CONNECTING SAID SHEET AT SELECTED POINTS TO SAID VERTICAL BEAM MEMBERS, AND BASKET MEANS FOR ELASTICALLY SUPPORTING SAID ENCLOSURE WITHIN SAID FRAMEWORK, SAID BASKET MEANS BEING FORMED OF A PLURALITY OF METALLIC BANDS ONE END OF EACH OF WHICH IS COMMONLY JOINED TOGETHER EXTERIORLY ADJACENT SAID ENCLOSURE AND THE OTHER ENDS OF WHICH ARE RIGIDLY SECURED TO INDIVIDUAL ONES OF SAID VERTICAL BEAM MEMBERS.