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US 10,570,606 B2Granted
Support-frameworks
OwnerKevin Douglas Hoyinventor
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A support-framework (1) supports a surface (2), or supported elements, at a designed variable spacing from a support surface (3), using elongate supports (4) of rod-from or tubular-form that act as ties or struts. Each support (4) is anchored at one of its ends to the supported surface (2) or element and, at the other end, to the support surface (3). The anchoring at each end is via a node N that involves an individual domed-member (5) which is secured to the relevant surface (2, 3) or supported element, and which has a part-spherical surface (6) to which the elongate supports (4) are anchored to extend radially by a coupling (12). The domed-members (5) are metallic or plastics, and may each be hemispherical having an outwardly directed equatorial flange (7) by which they are secured to the relevant surface (2, 3) or supported element.
A support-framework for affording structural support, comprising:
A structure comprising a structural-support, a supported surface, and a support-framework located between the structural-support and the supported-surface, the support-framework comprising:
A structure comprising first and second surfaces spaced from one another and a structural support-framework located between the first and the second surfaces, the structure further comprising a plurality of first nodes secured to the first surface, a plurality of second nodes secured to the second surface, a plurality of elongate supports each of which has two opposite ends anchored to a first node and a second nodes respectively;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.