COLLAPSIBLE RETICULAR STRUCTURES

摘要

Disclosed herein is a three-dimensional collapsible structure formed by an array of bar-like elements each pivotally connected at its ends to one or more other such elements. The elements and their pivotal connections are arranged to permit the collapse of the three-dimensional structure into a configuration wherein the elements are grouped closely together and disposed in parallel, whereby the collapsed configuration has an overall length which is substantially the same as the length of a single one of the elements.