Preassembled structural framework

Claim 1

AN EXPANDABLE-CONTRACTABLE STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK OPERABLE FROM AN UNSTRESSED COLLAPSED POSITION TO A STRESSED EXPANDED POSITION, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A PLURALITY OF LOAD DISTRIBUTING MEMBERS ACTING AS COMPRESSION MEMBERS WHEN THE FRAMEWORK IS OPERATED TO A STRESSED EXPANDED POSITION, FIRST MEANS LINKING SAID MEMBERS TO ONE ANOTHER TO FORM DISTINCT SERIES OF COMPRESSION MEMBERS, A PLURALITY OF LOAD DISTRIBUTING MEMBERS ACTING AS TENSION MEMBERS WHEN THE FRAMEWORK IS OPERATED TO A STRESSED EXPANDED POSITION, SECOND MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID TENSION MEMBERS BETWEEN ADJACENT SERIES OF COMPRESSION MEMBERS, SAID SECOND MEANS PERMITTING THE TENSION MEMBERS TO PIVOT AT THEIR ENDS ABOUT THEIR ADJOINING TENSION AND COMPRESSION MEMBERS, AND THIRD MEANS PROVIDING FOR A PLURALITY OF SAID COMPRESSION MEMBERS TO OPERATE BETWEEN AN UNSTRESSED EXTENDED POSITION AND A STRESSED CONTRACTED POSITION, THE SERIES OF COMPRESSION MEMBERS BEING OPERATED TOWARD EACH OTHER WHEN SAID EXTENDABLE-CONTRACTABLE COMPRESSION MEMBERS ARE OPERATED TO AN UNSTRESSED EXTENDED POSITION, AND THE SERIES OF COMPRESSION MEMBERS BEING OPERATED AWAY FROM EACH OTHER WHEN SAID EXTENDABLE-CONTRACTABLE COMPRESSION MEMBERS ARE OPERATED TO A STRESSED CONTRACTED POSITION.