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US 5,177,926 AGranted
Modular architectural structure for playground and the like
AssigneeAmerican Playtime Systems, Inc.
InventorArie Frankel
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Abstract
An architectural structure is made of one or more walls, each wall consisting of a lattice of rigid cells hingedly interconnected and supported by frame members. The cells may have holes sized and constructed to make the walls suitable for playground equipment.
Claims20
A modular architectural structure comprising:
- a wall including:
- a plurality of flat cells made of a rigid material;
- a supporting frame defining a preselected shape for said wall;
- and
- flexible coupling means for coupling each cell to an adjacent cell and to said supporting frame, said cells being constructed and arranged to leave substantially no space between adjacent cells in said wall.
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An architectural structure comprising:
- a. a plurality of rigid flat cells consisting of a peripheral member defined by a plurality of linear outer edges;
- b. a plurality of hinge means, each hinge means being disposed between the edges of two adjacent cells;
- and
- c. support frame means coupled to some of said cells for support.
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An architectural structure comprising:
- a plurality of interconnected walls;
- each wall consisting of a rigid frame with frame hinge engaging means;
- a plurality of first rigid cells, each first cell having a peripheral frame defined by linear edges and cell hinge engaging means disposed at said linear edges;
- a first set of hinges for coupling said first cells, each said first hinges being engaged by the cell hinge engaging means of two adjacent first cells;
- and
- a second set of hinges for coupling some of said first cells to said rigid frame, each said second hinge being disposed between a cell hinge engaging means and a frame hinge engaging means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.