Patent ID: 6345486
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: B31D,E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
An expandable and contractible honeycomb panel comprising a plurality of adjacent, embedded tubular cell units, each embedded tubular cell unit comprising an interior tubular cell inside an exterior tubular cell, said embedded tubular cell units being affixed together one on top of another, each of said embedded tubular cell units having a front side and a rear side, wherein one of said front side and said tear side is shorter than the other such that only said one of said front side and said tear side is straight when said honeycomb panel is fully expanded, and each of said embedded tubular cell units being constructed of at least one strip of foldable and creasable material, and wherein at least one of said front side and said rear side of each of said embedded tubular cell units comprises multiple layers of said material.