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US 5,331,779 AGranted
Truss framing system for cluster multi-level housing
OwnerAlly O. Hinginventor
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Abstract
A multi-level cluster housing array held together by a skeletal framework formed of octahedron-tetrahedron components.
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A multi-level cluster housing array comprising:
- a plurality of hollow spheres in a stacked array wherein each sphere is tangent to another,
- a plurality of identical struts having a predetermined length interconnected in a pattern consisting of a plurality of first octahedron-tetrahedron configurations,
- each of said first configurations being positionably in a different one of said spheres, the surface of said sphere being in contact with the corners of said configuration,
- said first struts of each of said first configurations defining between them an outline of a rectangular prism defining bi-level cubical housing, and
- each of prisms which its outline is enclosed by solid planes defining said bi-level cubical housing.
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A multi-level cluster housing array comprising:
- a first plurality of identical struts interconnected in a pattern consisting of a plurality of first octahedron-tetrahedron configurations,
- said first struts of each of said first configurations defining between them an outline of a rectangular prism defining bi-level cubical housing,
- each of the prisms when its outline is enclosed by solid planes defining said bi-level cubical housing,
- a second plurality of identical struts having a predetermined length interconnected in a pattern consisting of a second octahedron-tetrahedron configurations,
- the struts of said second configurations interconnecting centers of said rectangular prisms in said stacked array, and
- a sphere having substantially the same diameter as the length of one of said second struts for surrounding said second configuration.
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