US 12,006,686 B2
Framework and system of interconnected frameworks
Yu Feng Wong, Delft (NL); and Thomas Roelof Hendrik Liebrand, Delft (NL)
Assigned to FRAMEFLUX HOLDINGS B.V., Delft (NL)
Appl. No. 17/267,563
Filed by FRAMEFLUX HOLDINGS B.V., Delft (NL)
PCT Filed Aug. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/NL2019/050518
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/036485, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2021477 (NL), filed on Aug. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0310245 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. E04H 12/00 (2006.01); E04C 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC E04C 3/04 (2013.01) [E04C 2003/0491 (2013.01); E04C 2003/0495 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A framework defining a building block for defining, in assembly with at least one adjoining framework, a supporting structure, said framework comprising:
at least three posts; and
at least three connecting ribs between the at least three posts;
wherein first ends of the posts define a first plane; and
wherein second ends of the posts, that are opposite to the first ends thereof, define a second plane;
wherein at least one of the posts is length adjustable,
wherein the at least one of the posts that is length adjustable defines, in combination with a further post of the at least three posts and two connecting ribs between the post that is length adjustable and the further post, an adjustable trapezium having a single length adjustable side defined by the post that is length adjustable; and
wherein said adjustable trapezium is configured to set a relative orientation between the first plane and the second plane and to thereby set an orientation of the adjoining framework relative to the framework.