Inflatable mirror construction capable of being formed into a permanently rigid structure
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1. A STRUCTURE FOR USE IN SPACE WHICH IS CONSTRUCTED IN A FOLDABLE MANNER AND WHICH MAY BE UNFOLDED INTO AN OPERATIVE POSITION AFTER IT IS TRANSPORTED TO ITS DESTINATION SUCH AS TO A LOCATION OUTSIDE THE DENSE LAYERS OF THE EARTH, COMPRISING AN INFLATABLE TORUS MADE UP OF SPACED INNER AND OUTER WALLS FORMING AN INNER INFLATABLE COMPARTMENT AND A SURROUNDING MEATERIAL COMPARTMENT, A LENS BODY COMPRISING SPACED INNER AND OUTER WALLS SECURED PERIPHERALLY TO THE INTEROIR OF SAID TORUS, A COVER MEMBER SECURED AT ITS PERIPHERY AROUND THE INTERIOR OF SAID TORUS AND DEFINING WITH SAID LENS BODY A CLOSED CONTAINER, MEANS PERMITTING INFLATION OF SAID CLOSED CONTAINER FOR FORMING SAID LENS BODY INTO A CURVED CONFIGURATION, AND MEANS FOR REMOVING SAID COVER MEMBER FROM A POSITION COVERING SAID LENS BODY UPON COMPLETION OF THE ERECTED STRUCTURE, WHEREIN SAID MEANS FOR REMOVING SAID COVER MEMBER FROM A POSITION OBSTRUCTING SAID LENS BODY INCLUDES RADIAL SEPARATION AREAS DEFINED ON SAID COVER MEMBER EXTENDING FROM THE PERIPHERY INWARDLY TOWARD THE CENTER, SAID COVER MEMBER BEING SEPARABLE ALONG SAID SEPARATION AREAS, AND MEANS FOR ROLLING THE SEPARATED AREAS UP PERIPHERALLY INTO INDIVIDUAL ROLLS ARRANGED ADJACENT THE INNER PERIPHERY OF SAID TORUS.
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1. A STRUCTURE FOR USE IN SPACE WHICH IS CONSTRUCTED IN A FOLDABLE MANNER AND WHICH MAY BE UNFOLDED INTO AN OPERATIVE POSITION AFTER IT IS TRANSPORTED TO ITS DESTINATION SUCH AS TO A LOCATION OUTSIDE THE DENSE LAYERS OF THE EARTH, COMPRISING AN INFLATABLE TORUS MADE UP OF SPACED INNER AND OUTER WALLS FORMING AN INNER INFLATABLE COMPARTMENT AND A SURROUNDING MEATERIAL COMPARTMENT, A LENS BODY COMPRISING SPACED INNER AND OUTER WALLS SECURED PERIPHERALLY TO THE INTEROIR OF SAID TORUS, A COVER MEMBER SECURED AT ITS PERIPHERY AROUND THE INTERIOR OF SAID TORUS AND DEFINING WITH SAID LENS BODY A CLOSED CONTAINER, MEANS PERMITTING INFLATION OF SAID CLOSED CONTAINER FOR FORMING SAID LENS BODY INTO A CURVED CONFIGURATION, AND MEANS FOR REMOVING SAID COVER MEMBER FROM A POSITION COVERING SAID LENS BODY UPON COMPLETION OF THE ERECTED STRUCTURE, WHEREIN SAID MEANS FOR REMOVING SAID COVER MEMBER FROM A POSITION OBSTRUCTING SAID LENS BODY INCLUDES RADIAL SEPARATION AREAS DEFINED ON SAID COVER MEMBER EXTENDING FROM THE PERIPHERY INWARDLY TOWARD THE CENTER, SAID COVER MEMBER BEING SEPARABLE ALONG SAID SEPARATION AREAS, AND MEANS FOR ROLLING THE SEPARATED AREAS UP PERIPHERALLY INTO INDIVIDUAL ROLLS ARRANGED ADJACENT THE INNER PERIPHERY OF SAID TORUS.
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Current AssigneeGerhard Barthel, Von Maydell Wladimir
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Original AssigneeGerhard Barthel, Von Maydell Wladimir
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InventorsVON MAYDELL WLADIMIR, GERHARD BARTHEL
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Application NumberUS04/287,626Time in Patent Office1,468 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current359/847CPC Class CodesG02B 26/0825 the reflecting element bein...G02B 5/08 Mirrors vehicle mirrors inv...G02B 5/10 with curved facesY10S 359/90 Methods
