Spherical body formed of polygonal members

A spherical body comprising:

• a plurality of substantially rigid polygonal members;
• each polygonal member having an outer surface disposed at a predetermined radius of curvature;
• each polygonal member having a peripheral side wall extending angularly from and bounding the outer surface, the side wall being formed of a plurality of segments interconnected at opposite ends into a closed wall surrounding an interior cavity, the interior cavity defining the outer surface of each polygonal member;
• a plurality of thin ribs joined to and extending from the segments of the side walls and interconnected with the segments of other side walls and other ribs through the interior cavity into a predetermined design;
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• means for joining abutting segments of the side walls of a plurality of polygonal members together into a sphere in which the outer surfaces of the joined polygonal members extend over the entire surface of the sphere.

A spherical body comprising:

• a plurality of substantially rigid polygonal members;
• each polygonal member having an outer surface disposed at a predetermined radius of curvature;
• each polygonal member having a peripheral side wall extending angularly from and bounding the outer surface, the side wall being formed of a plurality of segments interconnected at opposite ends into a closed wall surrounding an interior cavity, the interior cavity defining the outer surface of each polygonal member;
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• means for joining abutting segments of the side walls of a plurality of polygonal members together into a sphere in which the outer surfaces of the joined polygonal members extend over the entire surface of the sphere;
• each polygonal member further including:
• another side wall formed of a plurality of segments interconnected at opposite ends into a closed wall surrounding another interior cavity, the another side wall being spaced from the side wall bounding the outer surface of each polygonal member;
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• a plurality of ribs extending between and interconnecting at least certain of the segments of the side wall bounding the outer surface and certain of the segments of the another side wall in a cage-like structure.

A spherical body comprising:

• a plurality of substantially rigid polygonal members;
• each polygonal member having an outer surface disposed at a predetermined radius of curvature;
• each polygonal member having a peripheral side wall depending angularly from and bounding the outer surface, the side wall being formed of a plurality of segments interconnected at opposite ends into a closed wall surrounding an interior cavity;
• each segment of the side wall having an upper edge co-extensive with the outer surface of the polygonal member and a lower edge spaced from the upper edge;
• a solid surface formed in the interior cavity between the segments of the side wall of each polygonal member;
• recesses formed in the solid surface adjacent the segments of the side wall of each polygonal member exposing an inner surface of each segment of the side wall in the interior cavity;
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• means for joining abutting segments of the side walls of a plurality of polygonal members together into a sphere in which the outer surfaces of the joined polygonal members extend over the entire surface of the sphere.