Patent ID: 9163390
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A supporting framework, comprising: a plurality of nodes; at least one framework component, wherein the framework component is selected from a group, comprising at least one diagonal brace, at least one panel and combinations thereof, wherein at least one of the nodes comprises at least one connector and at least one bar; wherein the connector comprises a plurality of bar receiving members, which are located in a corresponding plurality of faces of an imaginary polyhedron; the at least one bar comprises a first end, which is fixed to one of the bar receiving members of the connector of a first node; and a second end, which is fixed to a corresponding bar receiving member of the connector of another node, wherein the bar receiving members are in plate form; at least one of the corresponding connectors further comprises an inner core and at least one receiving plate, wherein the inner core is located in between the bar receiving members, wherein the inner core further comprises a plurality of projections, wherein each of the projections projects toward one of the bar receiving members and connected to the back faces thereof, wherein each of the receiving plates comprises a receiving member which is an eye and is located between an adjacent couple of the projections of the inner core, and is connected thereto on an imaginary plane that passes through the longitudinal axes of each of the projections of the adjacent couple thereof, extends toward the back faces of a corresponding adjacent couple of the bar receiving members and is connected thereto, whereby the receiving plates, the inner core and the bar receiving members together define a cavity, inside the imaginary polyhedron, on at least one side of the receiving plate; at least one of the corresponding nodes further comprises at least one component holder, wherein the component holder comprises at least one supporting face and at least one projection, and is located in between a proximal portion of a first bar and a proximal portion of a second bar, wherein the second bar, adjacent to the first bar and the proximal portion of the first bar, faces the proximal portion of the second bar, wherein the at least one supporting face contacts with the proximal portion of at least one of the adjacent couple of the bars in a manner enclosing the proximal portion thereof, and wherein the projection of the component holder projects inward the cavity, reaches the receiving member of at least one receiving plate and is releasable connected thereto; wherein the at least one projection of the at least one component holder, which comprises an eye, aligns to the eye of the corresponding receiving plates and wherein the component holder is connected to the corresponding receiving plate by means of a bolt that is inserted through each of the respective eye; and the at least one framework component is connected to the component holder of the connector of at least two of the nodes.