Patent ID: 7510379

Claim:
A composite blading member comprising an airfoil including a member first end, a base including a member second end, and a platform between the member first and second ends, the airfoil and base being integral, coextensive and comprising a plurality of stacked layers of fibrous composite material, the base including a plurality of spaced-apart base end surfaces each of a respective base end surface shape and integral with a base body therebetween, the plurality of stacked layers of fibrous composite material in the airfoil being at a first selected primary orientation; and the platform comprising a platform shelf surrounding and at an angle to the airfoil and base and from which the airfoil projects, wherein the platform comprises: a plurality of stacked layers of fibrous composite material interfused with the blading member; and, a plurality of spaced-apart platform supports integral with the platform shelf and angularly projecting away from the platform shelf and the member first end toward the member second end, each platform support being interfused with a respective base end surface with which it cooperates.