Patents

1920s

STOCKADE: BUILDING STRUCTURE 1,633,702
Filed: October 8, 1926
Issued: June 28, 1927

STOCKADE: PNEUMATIC FORMING PROCESS 1,634,900
Filed: December 31, 1924
Issued: July 5, 1927

4D HOUSE*
Filed: April 1, 1928

1930s

DYMAXION CAR U S 2,101,057
Filed: October 18, 1933
Issued: December 7, 1937

1940s

DYMAXION BATHROOM U S 2,220,482
Filed: May 12, 1938
Issued: November 5, 1940

DYMAXION DEPLOYMENT UNIT (SHEET) US2,343,764
Filed: March 21, 1941
Issued: March 7, 1944

DYMAXION DEPLOYMENT UNIT (FRAME) U S 2,351,419
Filed: April 9, 1941
Issued: June 13, 1944

DYMAXION MAP U S 2,393,676
Filed: February 25, 1944
Issued: January 29, 1946

1950s

GEODESIC DOME US2,682,235
Filed: December 12, 1951
Issued: June 29, 1954

PAPERBOARD DOME US2,881,717
Filed: January 24, 1955
Issued: April 14, 1959

PLYDOME US2,905,113
Filed: April 22, 1957
Issued: September 22, 1959

CATENARY (GEODESIC TENT) US2,914,074
Filed: March 1, 1957
Issued: November 24, 1959

1960s

OCTET TRUSS US2,986,241
Filed: February 7, 1956
Issued: May 30, 1961

TENSEGRITY STRUCTURES US3,063,521
Filed: August 31, 1959
Issued: November 13, 1962

SUBMARISLE (UNDERSEA ISLAND) US3,080,583
Filed: June 8, 1959
Issued: March 12, 1963

ASPENSION (SUSPENSION BUILDING) US3,139,957
Filed: January 24, 1961
Issued: July 7, 1964

OCTA SPINNER*
Filed: March 17, 1965

MONOHEX (GEODESIC STRUCTURES) US3,197,927
Filed: December 19, 1961
Issued: August 3, 1965

LAMINAR DOME US3,203,144
Filed: May 27, 1960
Issued: August 31, 1965

STAR TENSEGRITY (OCTAHEDRAL TRUSS) US3,354,591
Filed: December 7, 1964
Issued: November 28, 1967

1970s

ROWING NEEDLES US3,524,422
Filed: August 18, 1970
Issued: August 18, 1970

FLOATABLE BREAKWATER US3,863,455
Filed: December 10, 1973
Issued: February 4, 1975

NON-SYMMETRICAL TENSEGRITY US3,866,366
Filed: August 7, 1973
Issued: February 18, 1975

FLOATING BREAKWATER US4,136,994
Filed: September 19, 1977
Issued: January 30, 1979

1980s

TENSEGRITY TRUSS US4,207,715
Filed: September 14, 1978
Issued: June 17, 1980

HANGING STORAGE SHELF UNIT US4,377,114
Filed: October 5, 1981
Issued: March 22, 1983