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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
Philip N. Keller, Longmont, CO (US);
Robert Taylor, Superior, CO (US);
Dana Turse, Broomfield, CO (US);
Larry G. Adams, Thornton, CO (US);
Philip N. Keller, Longmont, CO (US);
Robert Taylor, Superior, CO (US);
Dana Turse, Broomfield, CO (US);
Larry G. Adams, Thornton, CO (US);
Composite Technology Development, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US);
Abstract
Deployable structures are disclosed having collapsible structural members that include a stowed configuration with a volume smaller than the expanded configuration. Such structures can include and/or be used for litters, bridges, support structures, solar arrays, and more. These structures can be easily transported to a new location and deployed from the stowed configuration into a larger functional structure. In some embodiments these structures can use one or more slit-tube longerons that can have two resting states: deployed and rolled.