US 12,258,770 B2
Collapsible structure
Greg Laue, Huntsville, AL (US); and Timothy J. Wright, Huntsville, AL (US)
Assigned to trac9, LLC, Huntsville, AL (US)
Filed by trac9, LLC, Huntsville, AL (US)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/114,856.
Application 17/170,547 is a division of application No. 16/530,486, filed on Aug. 2, 2019, granted, now 10,934,736, issued on Mar. 2, 2021.
Application 18/114,856 is a continuation of application No. 17/170,547, filed on Feb. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,591,819.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/714,471, filed on Aug. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0243177 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E04H 15/00 (2006.01); E04H 1/12 (2006.01); E04H 15/20 (2006.01); E04H 15/36 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 15/008 (2013.01) [E04H 1/1205 (2013.01); E04H 15/20 (2013.01); E04H 15/36 (2013.01); E04H 2015/201 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A collapsible structure, comprising:
a plurality of hinges;
a plurality of panels, wherein the plurality of panels is swingably connected by the plurality of hinges so as to form at least one arch when the collapsible structure is in an erected state and so as to become at least one stack of panels in a collapsed state, wherein the at least one arch comprises an arched structure in the erected state, wherein the plurality of panels comprises a first row of panels and a second row of panels that are adjacent to the first row of panels, the first row of panels being directly connected to the second row of panels by at least one of the plurality of hinges; and
wherein the first row of panels and the second row of panels form a first arch of the arched structure and wherein, a first set of panels of the first row of panels and the second row of panels has a geometric configuration such that the first arch defines a first arch peak and a first arch valley,
wherein at least one of the plurality of hinges is configured to connect the first row of panels and the second row of panels such that a first stack of the at least one stack of panels includes both the first row of panels and the second row of panels in the collapsed state and such that the first row of panels and the second row of panels are interleaved in the first stack in the collapsed state.