Integrated Structural Member

A kit of parts comprising:

• at least two elongate structural members, each one of elongate structural members comprising:
• a first end portion, a second end portion, and an elongate mid-portion that extends between the first and the second end portions;
• the first end portion within a first plane and the second end portion within a second plane, the first and the second planes are offset and parallel to each other;
• the elongate mid-portion being sloped between the first and the second planes;
• and
• each of the first and the second end portions defining therein a polygonal hole;
• a pin with a polygonal perimeter that is shaped to sit within the polygonal hole, the pin defining therein a hollow core extending through a length of the pin;
• a bolt comprising a bolt head and a shank, a length of the shank longer than the length of the pin and sized to pass through the hollow core of the pin;
• and
• a spacer defining therein a polygonal hole, the polygonal hole of the spacer shaped to receive the pin.

An assembly comprising at least a first elongate structural member and a second elongate structural member,

• each of the first and the second elongate structural members comprising:
• a first end portion, a second end portion, and an elongate mid-portion that extends between the first and the second end portions;
• the first end portion within a first plane and the second end portion within a second plane, the first and the second planes are offset and parallel to each other;
• the elongate mid-portion being sloped between the first and the second planes;
• and
• each of the first and the second end portions defining therein a polygonal hole;
• the first end portion of the first elongate structural member fastened to the first end portion of the second elongate structural member, comprising a pin positioned through a polygonal hole of first end portion of the first elongate structural member and through a polygonal hole of the first end portion of the second elongate structural member, the pin having a polygonal perimeter that is shaped to sit within the polygonal holes of the first and the second elongate structural members, the pin defining therein a hollow core extending through a length of the pin;
• a bolt comprising a bolt head and a shank, a length of the shank longer than the length of the pin and positioned within the hollow core of the pin;
• and
• a spacer defining therein a polygonal hole, the polygonal hole of the spacer shaped to match the polygonal perimeter of the pin, the spacer positioned against a face of the first end portion of the first elongate structural member and the pin positioned within the polygonal hole of the spacer.

An elongate structural member comprising:

• a first end portion, a second end portion, and an elongate mid-portion that extends between the first and the second end portions;
• the first end portion within a first plane and the second end portion within a second plane, the first and the second planes are offset and parallel to each other;
• the elongate mid-portion being sloped between the first and the second planes;
• the first end portion defining therein a first hole and the second end portion defining therein a second hole;
• a first electrical conductor embedded in the elongate structural member extending between a first electrical conductive portion at a surface opening of the first hole and a second electrical conductive portion at a surface opening of the second hole;
• and
• a second electrical conductor embedded in the elongate structural member extending between a third electrical conductive portion at the surface opening of the first hole and a fourth electrical conductive portion at the surface opening of the second hole.

A lattice structure comprising:

• multiple elongate structural members that are connected at their ends to form joints of the lattice structure;
• each of the elongate structural members comprising:
• a first end portion, a second end portion, and an elongate mid-portion that extends between the first and the second end portions;
• the first end portion within a first plane and the second end portion within a second plane, the first and the second planes are offset and parallel to each other;
• the elongate mid-portion being sloped between the first and the second planes;
• and
• each of the first and the second end portions defining therein a polygonal hole;
• for a given joint between a first elongate structural member and a second elongate structural member, the polygonal hole of a first end portion of the first elongate structural member is aligned with the polygonal hole of a first end portion of the second elongate structural member;
• and
• the given joint defining therein a hole extending through the given joint, the hole of the given joint being smaller than and being positioned within the aligned polygonal holes of the first and the second elongate structural members.