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Modular hub and strut structural system

  • US 6,622,447 B1
  • Filed: 11/24/2000
  • Issued: 09/23/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A modular structural system comprising:

  • a) at least one connector hub member comprising a core and a plurality of cavities arranged in a plurality of planes and each having first and second opposing side walls and a floor, with each cavity accessible through an open side thereof and having above said first and second side walls first and second opposing flanges projecting toward each other from respective first and second flange plates; and

    b) at least one strut member having two opposing lateral lengths and two opposing inner lengths between said lateral lengths, a first end, and a second end, with each end comprising an engageable portion disposed thereat for engagement of the strut within a cavity of the connector hub member, said engageable portion having first and second grooves to slidingly capture said first and second opposing flanges of the cavity and complimentary in shape to said first and second side walls and of a size to frictionally engage said side walls, with said strut member having a strut cross-sectional geometry substantially identical to and in alignment with the cross-sectional geometry of the floor of the cavity when the engageable portion of the end is engaged within the cavity.

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