Patent ID: 7469513

Claim:
A foldable truss member, comprising: a plurality of adjacently connected side members together forming a peripheral boundary of the truss member, each side member comprising: an elongated support member having a side surface; a bridging member fixedly connected to the side surface of the support member at an attachment point of the support member, the bridging member having an extension at an edge of the bridging member opposite the attachment point; a plurality of hinge members pivotally joining the extension of each side member to the support member of the adjacent side member, each hinge member allowing relative rotation of adjacent side members, a plurality of edges between adjacent side members defining a plurality of corners of the truss member; and at least one latching linkage attached between a pair of the opposing corners of the truss member, the latching linkage preventing relative rotation of side members at a deployed configuration of the truss member and wherein the latching linkage further comprises: a pair of pivot bars each with a first and a second end, the first ends of the pivot bars each rotatably attached to the truss member at the opposing corners of the truss member; and a pivot latching member rotatably attached to the second end of at least one of the pivot bars, the pivot latching member preventing relative rotation between the pivot bars at a deployed configuration of the truss member.