Building structure and method
OwnerMark E. Wilseyinventor
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Abstract
A load bearing structure including a first fixed net layer, a second fixed net layer and a non-linear structure in between. The first fixed net layer may include a first layer of flexible fabric and a fixing material that fixes the shape of the first layer of flexible fabric. The second fixed net layer may include a second layer of flexible fabric and a fixing material that fixes the shape of the second layer of flexible fabric. The non-linear reinforcing structure may be in communication with the first and second fixed net layers and may be configured to share with the first and second fixed net layers a load applied to the load bearing structure.
Claims22
A method of fabricating a load bearing structure comprising:
- fixing a first non-self-supporting tensile load bearing flexible fabric in a first pre-determined shape by applying a fixing material to said first non-self-supporting flexible fabric to form a first self-supporting fixed layer that bears both tensile and compressive loads applied;
- fixing a second non-self-supporting tensile load bearing flexible fabric in a second pre-determined shape by applying a fixing material to said second non-self-supporting flexible fabric to form a second self-supporting fixed layer that bears both tensile and compressive loads applied;
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- providing a non-linear reinforcing structure between the first self-supporting fixed layer and the second self-supporting fixed layer such that the non-linear reinforcing structure is in communication with the first and second self-supporting fixed layers and is configured to share with the first and second self-supporting fixed layers a load applied to the load bearing structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.