Patent ID: 7716897

Claim:
A deployable truss with proximal and distal ends, comprising: a. a plurality of framesets, each frameset having a first and second base diagonal member and a first, second, third and fourth side diagonal member, said base and side diagonal members each having a first and second end, said first base diagonal member being connected at its first end adjacent to the first end of the first side diagonal member at a first base joint, said first base diagonal member further being connected at its second end adjacent to the first end of the second side diagonal member at a second base joint, said second base diagonal member being connected at its first end adjacent to the first end of the third side diagonal member at a third base joint, said second base diagonal member further being connected at its second end adjacent to the first end of the fourth side diagonal member at a fourth base joint, wherein said first side diagonal member is further connected at its second end adjacent to the second end of the third side diagonal member at a first side joint, and further wherein said second side diagonal member is further connected at its second end adjacent to the second end of the fourth side diagonal member at a second side joint; b. a plurality of framebay subassemblies, each framebay subassembly comprising a first and second frameset connected to each other at a first and second major joint and a first minor joint, said first major joint comprising the connection of the first base joint of the first frameset to the first base joint of the second frameset, said second major joint comprising the connection of the third base joint of the first frameset to the third base joint of the second frameset, and said first minor joint comprising the connection of the second side joint of the first frameset to the second side joint of the second frameset; and c. a plurality of framebays, each framebay comprising a framebay subassembly, a first primary chord member connected at its ends to the second base joints of the first and second framesets comprising the framebay subassembly to form third and fourth major joints, and a second primary chordal member connected at its ends to the fourth base joints of the first and second framesets comprising the framebay subassembly to form fifth and sixth major joints, wherein adjacent framebays are connected to each other at their respective third, fourth, fifth and sixth major joints and at the first side joints of their respective first and second framesets, and further wherein adjacent framebays are connected by means of a third primary chordal member connected at its ends to the respective first major joints of said adjacent framebays and by means of a fourth primary chordal member connected at its ends to the respective second major joints of said adjacent framebays; d. wherein said truss, when extended, forms a rectangle in cross-section, with four primary chords at the corners of the rectangle formed by primary chordal members extending through the corners of the rectangle.