MODULAR VERTEX STRUCTURE
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1. A POLYHEDRAL STRUCTURE HAVING A PLURALITY OF VERTICES AND A PLURALITY OF EDGES MEETING AT EACH OF THE VERTICES AND DEFINING THE FACES OF THE POLYHEDRAL STRUCTURE COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF SUPPORT FRAME MEMBERS DEFINING THE EDGES WHICH DEFINE AT LEAST CERTAIN FACES OF THE POLYHEDRAL STRUCTURE, EACH OF SAID SUPPORT FRAME MEMBERS HAVING AT LEAST ONE LEG MEMBER OF A PAIR OF LEG MEMBERS EXTENDING AT LEAST PART WAY ALONG EDGES DEFINING SUCH FACES AND AT LEAST ONE CURVED PORTION DEFINING AN ARC OF A SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR AREA CENTERED IN THE FACE OF THE POLYHEDRAL STRUCTURE DEFINED BY SUCH EDGES, THE PLURALITY OF SUPPORT FRAME MEMBERS AT EACH FACE JOINED TOGETHER WITH THE CURVED PORTIONS THEREOF COMPLETELY SURROUNDING SAID SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR AREA THEREOF, AT LEAST A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR MEMBRANE WALL MEMBERS CLOSING SAID AREA WITHIN SAID SURROUNDING SUPPORT FRAME MEMBERS AT EACH OF SUCH FACES, MEANS FOR COAXIALLY MOUNTING EACH PAIR OF SAID MEMBRANE WALL MEMBERS FROM SAID CURVED PORTIONS OF SAID SURROUNDING SUPPORT FRAME MEMBERS COMPLETELY AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID AREA AND SEALING THE SPACE BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF SAID MEMBRANE WALL MEMBERS, AND MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE PRESSURE WITHIN THE SPACE BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF SAID MEMBRANE WALL MEMBERS CAUSING SAID MEMBRANE WALL MEMBERS TO TENSION SAID SURROUNDING SUPPORT FRAME MEMBERS RADIALLY INWARD OF SAID AREA.
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