Patent ID: 11859379
Assignee: AWI LICENSING LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A collapsible structural frame for forming a soffit having a multi-planar surface, the collapsible structural frame comprising:
a first frame portion configured to receive a first sheet of building material to form a first portion of the multi-planar surface;
a second frame portion configured to receive a second sheet of building material to form a second portion of the multi-planar surface, the second frame portion extending along a second reference plane;
a third frame portion configured to receive a third sheet of building material to form a third portion of the multi-planar surface;
a first pivoting mechanism pivotably coupling the first frame portion to the second frame portion to permit rotation of the first frame portion relative to the second frame portion about a first pivoting axis;
a second pivoting mechanism pivotably coupling the third frame portion to the second frame portion to permit rotation of the third frame portion relative to the second frame portion about a second pivoting axis;
the first and second pivoting mechanisms configured to allow the collapsible structural frame to be altered between: (1) a flat state in which the first, second, and third frame portions extend along the second reference plane in a linear arrangement in which the first frame portion extends linearly beyond a first end of the second frame portion and the third frame portion extends linearly beyond a second end of the second frame portion; and (2) a deployed state in which the first frame portion is out of plane with the second reference plane and at least a first portion of the first frame portion extends from a first side of the second reference plane and the third frame portion is out of plane with the second reference plane and at least a portion of the third frame portion extends from a second side of the second reference plane, the first and second sides of the second reference plane being opposite one another;
a first locking mechanism configured to fix a relative position of the first frame portion and the second frame portion in the deployed state; and
a second locking mechanism configured to fix a relative position of the third frame portion and the second frame portion in the deployed state.