EP2951363B1 - Pre-assembled display structure - Google Patents

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EP2951363B1
EP2951363B1 EP13815112.1A EP13815112A EP2951363B1 EP 2951363 B1 EP2951363 B1 EP 2951363B1 EP 13815112 A EP13815112 A EP 13815112A EP 2951363 B1 EP2951363 B1 EP 2951363B1
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Aikaterini LIAPI
Christianna ANAGNOSTOPOULOU
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
    • E04B1/18—Structures comprising elongated load-supporting parts, e.g. columns, girders, skeletons
    • E04B1/19—Three-dimensional framework structures
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H1/00—Buildings or groups of buildings for dwelling or office purposes; General layout, e.g. modular co-ordination or staggered storeys
    • E04H1/12—Small buildings or other erections for limited occupation, erected in the open air or arranged in buildings, e.g. kiosks, waiting shelters for bus stops or for filling stations, roofs for railway platforms, watchmen's huts or dressing cubicles
    • E04H1/1205—Small buildings erected in the open air
    • E04H1/1222—Sales kiosks
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H1/00—Buildings or groups of buildings for dwelling or office purposes; General layout, e.g. modular co-ordination or staggered storeys
    • E04H1/12—Small buildings or other erections for limited occupation, erected in the open air or arranged in buildings, e.g. kiosks, waiting shelters for bus stops or for filling stations, roofs for railway platforms, watchmen's huts or dressing cubicles
    • E04H1/1272—Exhibition stands
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H15/00—Tents or canopies, in general
    • E04H15/32—Parts, components, construction details, accessories, interior equipment, specially adapted for tents, e.g. guy-line equipment, skirts, thresholds
    • E04H15/34—Supporting means, e.g. frames
    • E04H15/44—Supporting means, e.g. frames collapsible, e.g. breakdown type
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
    • E04B1/18—Structures comprising elongated load-supporting parts, e.g. columns, girders, skeletons
    • E04B1/19—Three-dimensional framework structures
    • E04B2001/1996—Tensile-integrity structures, i.e. structures comprising compression struts connected through flexible tension members, e.g. cables

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  • the invention belongs to a class of structures named "tensegrity" and it uses the general features and properties of these structures.
  • Tensegrity structures comprise a) compression members that do not come in contact with one another and b) tension elements that form a closed network.
  • Patent document US3901551 comprises all the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • tensegrity structures may be deployable, as described by the prior art publications mentioned above and also by Hanaor, A. in "Tensegrity theory and application”. in J. Francois Gabriel (ed.), “Beyond the Cube”, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 385-408 .
  • any "off-the-shelf" structures that enclose space and may be used for traveling exhibitions, temporary commercial activities and other similar uses (functions) which require temporary display of objects or products and which structures may be repeatedly used at different times and at different places without limitations.
  • the present invention solves this problem in that it describes for the first time a structure that is portable and deployable and can be lightweight, with low construction and low maintenance cost.
  • the structure described in the present invention uses the general features and properties of tensegrity structures.
  • the structure of the present invention is a self-tensioned, self-supported structure with simple connections between tension and compression members, it is portable and deployable and it can be lightweight with low construction and low maintenance cost.
  • the structure of the invention is ergonomic and fulfills the functionality requirements that are necessary for the intended use in a way that is much better and much more efficient than any known structure today.
  • the tensegrity structure described in the present invention is deployable and encloses space.
  • This structure is formed of compression members, hereinafter referred to as rods and of tension members, hereinafter referred to as cables.
  • one of the advantages of the structure of the present invention is that a tensioned membrane can be used to fully or partially cover the structure.
  • the structure is symmetrical in one axis in plan and encloses at least one sub-space and preferably two sub-spaces that differ in height and volume.
  • the structure is lightweight and its construction and maintenance costs can be kept very low. Very short time is needed for the deployment, erection and collapse of the structure with manpower kept at a minimum, with a maximum of two people needed and with no need for specialized tools.
  • the compression members When the structure is in a non-deployed state, namely when it is in a collapsed state, the compression members (the rods) may be easily positioned in a compact bundle, while the tension members (the cables) may remain coupled to compression members so that there are no loose tension member ends that may otherwise become tangled.
  • the structure In a non-deployed, namely in a collapsed state, the structure can be easily transported in a vehicle.
  • more than one space-enclosing tensegrity structures as described in the present invention may be placed next to each other to form linear, radial or other multi-unit structures.
  • the invention can be also used as the basic unit structure to equip exhibition halls and closed markets.
  • the invention is illustrated by the Figures 1 to 3 .
  • the structure described by the present invention is illustrated by mention of the above Figures.
  • the structure comprises five rods (compression elements) shown with numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, that do not come in contact with one another, they are connected with cables (tension elements) a, b, c, d. e, f, g, wherein the cables transfer axial forces.
  • the bottom, or lower, distal ends of the four rods 1,2,3,4 are at the same level, are coplanar and form the base of the structure.
  • the bottom, or lower, distal ends of two of the rods (3, 4) form the front of the base of the structure when this is seen by a viewer and these are referred to herein as the front supporting rods of the structure.
  • the other two rods (1, 2) whose bottom, or lower, distal ends form the back of the base of the structure when seen by a viewer, are referred to hereinafter as the two "back" supporting rods (compression elements) (1, 2) of the structure.
  • a fifth rod (compression element) (5) is in horizontal position, parallel to the base plane of the structure.
  • the said structure encloses usable space, it is symmetrical to a symmetry plane perpendicular to the horizontal rod (compression element) (5).
  • the structure has a right side which comprises the front rod (compression element) (4) and the back rod (compression element) (2) of the right part of the structure, when seen by the viewer and these are hereinafter referred to as the “front right compression element (rod) (4) and the “back right” compression element (rod) (2) respectively and their symmetrical rods on the left part of the structure, when seen by the viewer, are hereinafter referred to as the "front left” compression element (rod) (3) and the “back left” compression element ( rod) (1).
  • the said structure is collapsible, namely it is deployable.
  • the tension elements can be cables, wire cables or ropes.
  • the bottom, or lower, distal ends of the two front compression elements (ro ds) (3) and (4) of the structure are connected with one another with a tension element, (hereinafter referred to also as cable) (a), which is placed parallel to the base plane and in contact with the ground, while the upper distal ends of the two front compression elements (rods) (3 and 4) of the structure are connected with one another with a tension element (cable) (b), which is also parallel to the base level.
  • a tension element hereinafter referred to also as cable
  • the lower (bottom) distal ends of the two back rods (1 and 2) of the structure are connected with one another with a tension element (d) placed parallel to the base plane and the upper distal ends of the two back rods (1, 2) of the structure are connected with one another with a tension element (c) parallel to the base plane.
  • Each one of the distal ends of the horizontal compression element (rod) (5) is connected with tension elements (e) with the upper and the bottom distal ends of the respective adjacent supporting rods; in the embodiment described here the right distal end of the horizontal rod (5), when seen by the viewer of the structure, is connected with tension elements (e) to the upper and bottom distal ends of the right front rod (4) and to the upper and bottom distal ends of the right back rod (2) and the other distal end of the horizontal rod (5), namely the left one when seen by the viewer of the structure, is connected with tension elements (e) to the upper and bottom distal ends of the left front rod (3) and to the upper and bottom distal ends of the left back rod (1).
  • the upper distal end of the left f ront compression element (rod) (3) is connected with continuous tension elements (f) with: i) the upper distal end of the left back compression element (rod) (1) and ii) the bottom distal end of the same left back rod (1).
  • the upper distal end of the right f ront rod (4) is connected with continuous tension elements (f) with: i) the upper distal end of the right b ack compression element (rod) (2) and ii) the bottom distal end of the same right back rod (2).
  • each one of the back rods (1,2) is connected with a continuous tension element (g) with the bottom distal end of each one of the front rods (3,4) that is on the same side as seen by the viewer.
  • the same bottom distal end of each one of the front compression elements (rods) (3,4) is connected with a continuous tension element (g) with the middle point of the same back compression element (rod) (1,2); namely
  • the rod (5) which is parallel to the base plane of the construction is retractable.
  • the compression elements can be rods or bars and can be made of metal, wood, plastic, synthetic or any other material that is able to undertake compression forces.
  • the structure of this invention may be covered by a surface element, or membrane, which surface element or membrane is either placed after the erection or the deployment of the structure, or it is pre-attached at the ends of the members of the structure.
  • the coverage with this surface element or membrane may be partial or full.
  • the structure of the invention comprises base-support elements, that can be adjusted to withstand external loading conditions. i.e. wind etc.
  • a base-support elements comprises:
  • a display tray (6) can be attached on the horizontal rod (5).
  • the tray may also be suspended by the side rods (1,3 and 2,4).
  • This invention also includes a method of collapsing (disassembling) the structure of the invention, wherein the tension elements (cables) (a, b, c, d. e, f, g) are not disconnected from the distal ends of the rods but are loosened by a special/specific mechanism of the coupling; then the tension elements (e) which have been connected to the end of the horizontal compression element (rod) (5) are being removed along with the coupling which supports them, after the said rod has been retracted.
  • the continuous tension elements (g) that are connected to the distal ends or the middle point of each of the four supporting rods (1,2,3,4) are first loosened with the use of a mechanism, and then are removed by a special formation of the coupling that holds them to the other rod, letting, in this way, the four supporting rods (1,2,3,4) to be positioned parallel to each other to form a bundle that can be easily transported in a vehicle.
  • more than one of the structures of this invention can be used in various formations, i.e. the one next to the other, linear, radial etc.
  • the structure of the invention can be used for the exhibition or various objects, or the display of products. It can be placed in an interior, like in the case for an exhibition hall, a closed marked building or it can also be placed in an exterior space, as in an open exhibition or market space.
  • the structure of the invention includes sub-spaces for the exhibitor or vendor and for the viewer or buyer and an adjustable tray (6) to address various object or product display requirements.
  • Ergonomic parameters have been utilized to determine the overall dimensions of the structure including the functional space for the viewers or buyers and the exhibitors or vendors.
  • unit structures can be placed back to back or one next to the other to form a larger compound of structures to serve the needs of a larger number of exhibitors or vendors.
  • Linear, radial and other organizations of unit structures as described in the present invention are possible.
  • the covering surface can fully or partially cover the structure.
  • a storage space behind the exhibitor or vendor can be created with the appropriate use of the membrane-fabric.
  • the membrane can be of fabric or of any other material whose properties resemble the preperties of fabric, i.e. it may be made of composite or syntheric fabric.
  • the environmental loads ie. from wind, rain or snow, need to be taken into account for the selection of the material and the dimensioning of the cross section of the basic elements of the structure.
  • the structure of the invention is composed of simple material such as wire cable for the tension elements and metal or aluminum tubular bars or rods for the compression elements.
  • the cover is made of flexible membrane.
  • the size and scale of the structure can be slightly modified, yet basic ergonomic dimensions and proportions need to be kept.
  • the exhibitor or vendor can deploy and erect or collapse the structure in a very short time with manpower at a minimum, maximum two persons and no specialized tools.

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