Extendable interlocking structures and methods

摘要

Embodiments of the present disclosure include extendable structures and methods of forming an extendable structure. In accordance with an embodiment, an extendable structure includes a first chain of interlocking components including a first interlocking component, a second chain of interlocking components including a second interlocking component configured to mate to the bottom surface the first interlocking component, and a third chain of interlocking components including a third interlocking component configured to mate to the bottom surfaces of the first interlocking component and the second interlocking component. The extendable structure may include more than three chains of interlocking components and each chain of interlocking components may comprise three or more interlocking components.

主权项

1. An extendable structure comprising:
a first chain of interlocking components comprising a first interlocking component, the first interlocking component comprising:
a top face;a bottom face opposite the top face, the bottom face comprising a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, the second portion being laterally between the first and third portions;a planar inner face intersecting the top face and the bottom face, the planar inner face comprising a short planar inner face and a tall planar inner face, the short planar inner face being laterally adjacent the tall planar inner face;a tall angled inner face intersecting the first and second portions of the bottom face;a short angled inner face intersecting the second and third portions of the bottom face;an outer face intersecting the top face, the bottom face, the tall angled inner face, and the short angled inner face;a first ridge along the intersection between the top face and the planar inner face;a first groove along the intersection between the tall angled inner face and the first portion of the bottom face; anda second groove along the intersection between the short angled inner face and the third portion of the bottom face; a second chain of interlocking components comprising a second interlocking component configured to mate to the bottom face of the first interlocking component; and a third chain of interlocking components comprising a third interlocking component configured to mate to bottom faces of the first interlocking component and the second interlocking component.