Patent ID: 9739061
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B29C,B29K,B32B,D03D,D04H,E04C,Y10T

Claim:
1. A jointed structure comprising at least two structural members and one or more joint components, each structural member being an energy-absorbing structural member having an enhanced load bearing capacity per unit mass, each structural member comprising: strips of a compression material formed into a skeleton; spaced notches placed on a side of the strips of compression material; and a tensile material which is woven around the skeleton in a weave and placed in the notches; wherein said at least two structural members are joined together by said one or more joint components; wherein an end of one of the structural members is joined to an end of the other of the structural members, wherein the joined structural member ends have complementary profiles and wherein at least one groove formed by adjacent strips of one joined structural member end is substantially aligned with at least one groove formed by adjacent strips of the other joined structural member end; wherein at least one of said one or more joint components comprises a compression resistant member fixedly seated in and joining the substantially aligned grooves together; and wherein the compression resistant member is set in at least one inside corner formed by the structural member end grooves being joined together.