US 11,988,361 B2
Joining semi-rigid fibrous panels
Samuel Riehl, Chicago, IL (US); Lucas Baird, Chicago, IL (US); and Wes Cox, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to SABIN, LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by Sabin, LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on May 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/319,973.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/343,418, filed on May 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0375162 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. F21V 1/06 (2006.01); F21V 1/08 (2006.01); F21V 15/01 (2006.01)
CPC F21V 15/012 (2013.01) [F21V 1/06 (2013.01); F21V 1/08 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semi-rigid fibrous structure comprising:
a first semi-rigid fibrous body comprising a first living hinge that comprises a v-shaped groove formed by a partial depth incision into the first semi-rigid fibrous body;
a second semi-rigid fibrous body comprising a second living hinge comprising a v-shaped groove formed by a partial depth incision into the second semi-rigid fibrous body; and
a rotatable joint formed at a bond between the first semi-rigid fibrous body and the second semi-rigid fibrous body proximate the first living hinge and the second living hinge.