Patent ID: 7222466

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 and a first end; a bridging member fixably 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 bridge member opposite the attachment point; and 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 in a folded configuration of the truss member, and wherein the hinge members comprise a mounting surface and a hinge channel breaking a portion of the mounting surface, the extensions of the bridging member of the adjacent side member locatable within the hinge channel, the mounting surface of the hinge members fixably attaching to the support members.