Foldable support structure with hinged sawtooth wall members and rigid end cap

A foldable truss member, comprising:

• a plurality of side member means, each side member means comprising a receiving means located at a lower edge of the side member means, the side member means adjacently arranged so that the lower edges of the adjacently arranged side member means form a closed shape;
• a plurality of hinging means connected between adjacently arranged side member means, the hinging means allowing relative rotation between adjacently arranged side member means so that the side member means are foldable into a substantially flat assembly;
• and
• a frame locking means attachable to the receiving means of the side member means to rigidly couple the side member means into a deployed configuration of the truss member.

A foldable display structure, comprising:

• (A) a first and second truss member, each truss member comprising:
• (1) a plurality of adjacently connected side members, each side member comprising:
• (a) an elongated support member having a side surface and a first end;
• and
• (b) a bridging member fixably connected to the side surface of the support member at an attachment point of the support member, the bridging member having an extension at an edge of the bridge member opposite the attachment point;
• and
• (2) a plurality of hinge members pivotably joining the extension of each side member to the support member of the adjacent side member, each hinge member allowing relative rotation of adjacent side members;
• (B) a locking frame comprising a first and second side, a first set of locking members on the first side, and a second set of locking members on the second side;
• and
• (C) wherein the locking frame is disposed between the first and second truss members, the first set of locking members removably connected to the first ends of the first truss member, the second set of locking members removably connected with the first ends of the second truss member.

A method of assembling a display structure, comprising:

• forming a first and second truss member by adjacently coupling a plurality of side members to form a peripheral boundary for each of the truss members, each of the side members including an elongated edge pivotably attached to the adjacent side member;
• relatively rotating the adjacent side members about the elongated edges to put the side members of the truss members in a deployed configuration;
• slidably attaching a receiving edge of at least two of the side members of the first truss member to a locking frame to make the first truss member rigid;
• and
• slidably attaching the receiving edge of at least two of the side members of the second truss member to the locking frame to rigidly couple the first truss member to the second truss member.