Patent ID: 7377084
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: E04B,E04C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A compressible structural panel comprising in combination: at least one outer sheet of material having an inner and outer face, and a plurality of independent resilient and compressible dividers that in a resting condition are fully expanded and secured to and protrude from said inner face, said dividers being made from strips of material having fibers embedded in resin which strips have been creased without using heat and without damaging many, if any, of the fibers so that a spring force is retained in the strips which are folded to form the dividers, said material further being inherently capable of moving said dividers from a fully compressed to said fully expanded rest condition, said panel further including connector means for securing said dividers together at locations distal from said outer sheet, and wherein said dividers are made from independent sheets of semi-rigid but foldable material, said independent sheets being folded so as to define flaps that are securable to said outer sheet and said connector means and a pair of partitions extending between said flaps, said partitions being collapsible.