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Structural fabrics employing icosahedral elements and uses thereof

  • US 7,452,578 B2
  • Filed: 09/01/2004
  • Issued: 11/18/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A structural fabric, comprising:

  • a plurality of discrete and spaced apart icosahedral elements;

    a plurality of interconnecting elements, said icosohedral elements being interconnected at selected vertices by said interconnecting elements in tension so as to form a free standing array of said icosahedral elements; and

    wherein for any one interconnected icosahedral element, said interconnecting elements are attached at two consecutive vertices on the interconnected icosahedral element and along an edge on the icosahedral element extending between the two consecutive vertices.

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