Patent ID: 7059094
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: B64G,E04B,H01Q,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A frame structure having a structural unit containing six elongated posts, each post having first and second ends, said structural unit capable of having at least an unfolded state where the six posts are substantially contained in one plane and a folded state where the six posts extend substantially parallel to each other, the frame structure comprising: post-midpoint joints formed in each of said posts for supporting said posts of said structural unit foldably at approximate midpoints of the posts; a central joint for supporting said posts of said structural unit at the first ends of each of the posts rotatably in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the unfolded state; said six posts of said structural unit being positioned in said unfolded state such that the posts extend radially from said central joint within substantially one plane, so that a line connecting the second ends of the six posts of the structural unit forms substantially an equilateral hexagon; and said six posts of said structural unit being bound at the first end by way of said central joint in said folded state, and being foldable such that the six posts extend parallel to each other by way of said central joint.