GB2546878A - Folding structures - Google Patents

Folding structures

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GB2546878A
GB2546878A GB1621374.6A GB201621374A GB2546878A GB 2546878 A GB2546878 A GB 2546878A GB 201621374 A GB201621374 A GB 201621374A GB 2546878 A GB2546878 A GB 2546878A
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links
folding structures
joined
link
substantially parallel
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Philip Carley Russell
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RUSS CARLEY Ltd
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RUSS CARLEY Ltd
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    • 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
    • E04H15/48—Supporting means, e.g. frames collapsible, e.g. breakdown type foldable, i.e. having pivoted or hinged means
    • E04H15/50—Supporting means, e.g. frames collapsible, e.g. breakdown type foldable, i.e. having pivoted or hinged means lazy-tongs type
    • 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
    • E04H15/48—Supporting means, e.g. frames collapsible, e.g. breakdown type foldable, i.e. having pivoted or hinged means
    • E04H15/50—Supporting means, e.g. frames collapsible, e.g. breakdown type foldable, i.e. having pivoted or hinged means lazy-tongs type
    • E04H15/505—Supporting means, e.g. frames collapsible, e.g. breakdown type foldable, i.e. having pivoted or hinged means lazy-tongs type characterised by connecting arches with lazy-tongues
    • 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
    • E04B1/32—Arched structures; Vaulted structures; Folded structures
    • E04B1/3205—Structures with a longitudinal horizontal axis, e.g. cylindrical or prismatic structures
    • 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
    • E04B1/343—Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport
    • 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
    • E04B1/343—Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport
    • E04B1/344—Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport with hinged parts
    • 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
    • E04B1/343—Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport
    • E04B1/344—Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport with hinged parts
    • E04B1/3445—Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport with hinged parts foldable in a flat stack of parallel panels
    • 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
    • E04H15/18—Tents having plural sectional covers, e.g. pavilions, vaulted tents, marquees, circus tents; Plural tents, e.g. modular

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Architecture (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Tents Or Canopies (AREA)
  • Carriages For Children, Sleds, And Other Hand-Operated Vehicles (AREA)
  • Roof Covering Using Slabs Or Stiff Sheets (AREA)

Abstract

A folding structure comprises a first set of links and a second set of links, a link from the first set being joined to three links from the second set at first, second and third pivot points along the length of the links from the first set, while a link from the second set being joined to three links from the first set at first, second and third pivot points along the length of the links from the second set. The structure has a folded structure where the first set of links lie substantially parallel and side-by-side, and the second set of links lie substantially parallel and side-by-side, and has an unfolded structure where the first set of links and the second set of links lie form a polygonal arched shape.
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GBGB1409316.5A GB201409316D0 (en) 2014-05-26 2014-05-26 Folding structures
PCT/GB2015/051530 WO2015181535A1 (en) 2014-05-26 2015-05-26 Folding structures

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Citations (4)

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GB511411A (en) * 1939-02-28 1939-08-17 Srecko Kobi Improvements relating to foldable frames for tents
GB1068155A (en) * 1963-07-02 1967-05-10 Sydney Howell Structural members
FR2638481A1 (en) * 1988-11-03 1990-05-04 Munain Jean De System for instant and dismountable covering of an area
US20080010912A1 (en) * 2002-06-25 2008-01-17 Hanson Stuart C Extendable support structures

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US1766901A (en) * 1925-10-24 1930-06-24 Gustavson Arthur Disappearing telephone bracket
JP3438012B2 (en) * 1993-09-17 2003-08-18 学校法人東海大学 Cable type variable scissors structure for roof
WO2003018926A1 (en) * 2001-08-24 2003-03-06 Charles Hoberman Retractable structures comprised of interlinked panels

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB511411A (en) * 1939-02-28 1939-08-17 Srecko Kobi Improvements relating to foldable frames for tents
GB1068155A (en) * 1963-07-02 1967-05-10 Sydney Howell Structural members
FR2638481A1 (en) * 1988-11-03 1990-05-04 Munain Jean De System for instant and dismountable covering of an area
US20080010912A1 (en) * 2002-06-25 2008-01-17 Hanson Stuart C Extendable support structures

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