Patent ID: 8132391
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: F24S,G02B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A substantially rigid thin-sheet panel assembly configured as a truss and having a non-rigid thin-sheet component, the thin-sheet panel assembly comprising the thin-sheet component which has selected plan area and shape and is a first chord of the truss, a backer having a plan shape and area substantially similar to the thin-sheet component and being a second chord of the truss, and plural riser elements of selected height and configuration each extending from the backer to distal ends connected to a reverse surface of the thin-sheet component, the riser elements being diagonal elements of the truss and configured and disposed in an array which causes the assembly to have substantial rigidity in a selected direction in the thin-sheet component, wherein the thin-sheet panel assembly further comprises a bar coupled to the backer and extending between at least one pair of adjacent riser elements of the plural riser elements in a direction substantially parallel to the reverse surface of the thin-sheet component.