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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2008
Applicant:
Max W. Durney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventor:
Max W. Durney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Industrial Origami, Inc., Middleburg Heights, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 28/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A load-bearing three-dimensional structure including a skeletal structure formed by a sheet of material having a plurality of bend lines, each bend line including a plurality of folding displacements, wherein the sheet of material is bent along the bend lines into a box-section; and a reinforcing member configured for substantially surrounding a portion of the skeletal structure when bent into a box-section to reinforce the structural integrity of the skeletal structure. A method of manufacturing the three-dimensional structure is also disclosed.