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

Claim 10:
11. A collapsible structural frame for forming a soffit having a multi-planar surface, the collapsible structural frame comprising:
a first frame portion having a front face configured to receive a first sheet of building material to form a first portion of the multi-planar surface;
a second frame portion having a front face configured to receive a second sheet of building material to form a second portion of the multi-planar surface;
a third frame portion having a front face configured to receive a third sheet of the 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 mechanism configured to allow the collapsible structural frame to be altered between: (1) a deployed state in which: (i) a first portion of the first frame portion extends from the front face of the second frame portion and a second portion of the first frame portion extends from a rear face of the second frame portion; and (ii) the third frame portion extends from the rear face of the second frame portion without protruding from the front face of the second frame portion; and (2) a folded state;
a first locking member having a first end configured to be coupled to the second frame portion and a second end configured to be coupled to the second portion of the first frame portion to fix the relative position of the first frame portion and the second frame portion in the deployed state; and
a second locking member having a first end configured to be coupled to the second frame portion and a second end configured to be coupled to the third frame portion to fix the relative position of the third frame portion and the second frame portion in the deployed state.