US 12,262,833 B2
Collapsible faceted object having a closed three-dimensional shape
Richard Freudenthal, Lucas, TX (US)
Assigned to Foldaments, LLC, Lucas, TX (US)
Filed by Foldaments, LLC, Lucas, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/899,850.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/239,179, filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0071235 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A63H 33/00 (2006.01); A47G 33/08 (2006.01); G09F 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 33/08 (2013.01) 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A collapsible faceted object comprising:
a plurality of interconnected rigid facet panels, wherein the interconnected facet panels are formed by a plurality of pattern groups that are interconnected along a spine, each pattern group including a plurality of the facet panels;
wherein the facet panels are arranged so that the object can be in either a flat state or an expanded state;
wherein, in the flat state, the facet panels are substantially parallel to one another, the object having a first thickness in a direction perpendicular to the parallel facet panels when in the flat state, the object capable of remaining in the flat state without application of an external force; and
wherein, in the expanded state, the object has a visually continuous outer surface that forms a closed three-dimensional shape, the object having a second thickness in the direction perpendicular to the parallel facet panels when in the flat state, wherein the second thickness is at least ten times larger than the first thickness, the object capable of remaining in the expanded state without application of the external force.