Self-supporting structural unit having a three-dimensional surface
OwnerRonald Dale Reschinventor
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Abstract
A self-supporting structural unit having a three-dimensional surface comprising: a first plurality of identical polygons, such as, for example, equilateral triangles, having predefined, fixed areas and equal sides of a predetermined constant length: and a second plurality of polygons, such as, for example, hexagons, having various areas but with equal sides of a predetermined constant length, the sides of the first plurality of polygons being equal in length to the sides of the second plurality of polygons and being secured thereto and in coextensive alignment therewith, the vertices of the first plurality of identical polygons and the second plurality of polygons lying substantially in the three-dimensional surface of the self-supporting structural unit.
Claims13
A self-supporting structural unit having a polygonal, non-planar surface in three dimensions approximating a smooth, predefined, non-planar, analytical surface in three dimensions, said polygonal, non-planar surface comprising:
- a first plurality of identical, individually fabricated and constructed planar polygons having predefined and fixed areas and equal sides of a predetermined fixed length;
- and a second plurality of individually fabricated and constructed substantially planar polygons having various areas with respect to themselves and equal sides of a predetermined length, the sides of said first plurality of identical, individually fabricated and constructed planar polygons being equal in length to the sides of said second plurality of individually fabricated and constructed substantially planar polygons and being secured together with their sides in coextensive alignment, all the vertices of said first and said second pluralities of individually fabricated and constructed polygons lying substantially in the smooth, predefined, non-planar, analytical surface in three dimensions and with the surface areas of said first and said second pluralities of individually fabricated and constructed polygons forming the polygonal, non-planar surface in three dimensions of said self-supporting structural unit.
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