US5274980A
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Polyhedron building system having telescoping scissors
Assignee: World Shelters Inc
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Filing: 1991-12-23
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Granted: 1994-01-04
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Expires: 2011-12-23
Abstract
Abstract A collapsible framework capable of being manipulated between a collapsed condition and an expanded, locked condition includes a plurality of legs and a plurality of collapsible quad sections. The legs are disposed generally in parallel with one another and in a bundle when the framework is in the collapsed condition. Each quad section includes two split step scissor units and two step scissor units. Each split step scissor unit is joined at one end to a respective leg, and including two arms that are pivotally joined, at least one of the arms being telescopic and including means for locking the arm at a predetermined length. Each step scissor unit is joined at one end to the other end of a respective split step scissor and at its other end to the other step scissor unit, and each step scissor unit includes two arms that are pivotally joined, at least one of the arms being telescopic and including means for locking the arm at a second predetermined length. The framework may further include a flexible canopy supported by the legs and quad sections, or may further include a plurality of tension cables joining ends of the legs and scissor units. Other types of quad sections are also disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Theodore R. Zeigler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 02:54
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04H; E04H15/00; E04H15/32; E04H15/34; E04H15/44; E04H15/48; E04H15/50; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S135/00; Y10S135/908
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
176 words
A structural framework capable of being manipulated between a collapsed condition and an expanded, locked condition comprising: a plurality of legs disposed generally in parallel with one another and in a bundle when the framework is in the collapsed condition; and a plurality of collapsible quad sections, each quad section comprising two split step scissor units, each split step scissor unit being pivotally fixed at one end to one of the plurality of legs and comprising two arms that are pivotally joined, at least one of the arms of the split step scissor unit being collapsible and including means for locking the collapsible arm of the split step scissor unit at a predetermined length and two step scissor units, each step scissor unit being joined at one end to a second end of a respective split step scissor unit, second ends of each step scissor unit being joined to each other, wherein each step scissor unit being collapsible and including means for locking the collapsible arm of the step scissor unit at a second predetermined length.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
176 words
A structural framework capable of being manipulated between a collapsed condition and an expanded, locked condition comprising: a plurality of legs disposed generally in parallel with one another and in a bundle when the framework is in the collapsed condition; and a plurality of collapsible quad sections, each quad section comprising two split step scissor units, each split step scissor unit being pivotally fixed at one end to one of the plurality of legs and comprising two arms that are pivotally joined, at least one of the arms of the split step scissor unit being collapsible and including means for locking the collapsible arm of the split step scissor unit at a predetermined length and two step scissor units, each step scissor unit being joined at one end to a second end of a respective split step scissor unit, second ends of each step scissor unit being joined to each other, wherein each step scissor unit being collapsible and including means for locking the collapsible arm of the step scissor unit at a second predetermined length.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The framework of claim 1, further including a flexible canopy supported by the legs and quad sections.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The framework of claim 1, further including a tension cable joining an end of one of the plurality of legs and at least one of the split step scissor units.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The framework of claim 1, wherein each leg is telescopic and includes means for locking the leg at a third predetermined length.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
137 words
The framework of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of second collapsible quad sections interposed between adjacent collapsible quad sections, each second quad section comprising two step scissor units, each step scissor unit being one of the step scissor units in adjacent collapsible quad sections and two flat scissor units, each flat scissor unit being joined at open end to a first one of the two step scissor units of the second quad section and, at a second end, to a second one of the two step scissor units of the second quad section, wherein each flat scissor unit comprises two arms that are pivotally joined, at least one of the arms of the flat scissor unit being collapsible and including means for locking the collapsible arm of the flat scissor unit at a third predetermined length.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
72 words
The framework of claim 5, further comprising a third collapsible quad section interposed between four adjacent collapsible quad sections, the third quad section being formed by four flat scissor units, each of the four flat scissor units forming a part of a corresponding second quad section, the four flat scissor units being joined at their ends, each flat scissor unit also being joined at each end to two respective step scissor units.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
The framework of claim 1, further including a tension cable joining an end of one of the plurality of legs and at least one of the step scissor units.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
The framework of claim 1, wherein the collapsible arm of the split step scissor unit is telescopic.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
The framework of claim 1, wherein the collapsible arm of the step scissor unit is telescopic.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
The framework of claim 1, wherein the collapsible arm of the flat scissor unit is telescopic.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
47 words
The framework of claim 6, further comprising a collapsible quad section including four flat scissor units joined, one to the other, at their ends, at least one end of the flat scissor units being joined to one of a flat scissor unit and a step scissor unit.
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