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A structural system of connected toroidal elements for all types of structures of all sizes, wherein such toroidal elements may be connected in level layers which may in turn be connected in stacks to form towers, domical and spherical structures, and connected in the forms of regular polyhedra to f

A structural system of connected toroidal elements for all types of structures of all sizes, wherein such toroidal elements may be connected in level layers which may in turn be connected in stacks to form towers, domical and spherical structures, and connected in the forms of regular polyhedra to form domical and spherical structures. Structures may be constructed of frameworks formed by connected toroidal elements of various sizes and shapes.

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1. A structural system of toroidal elements for structural frameworks of posts, pillars, beams, joists, arches, plates, decks, helixes, and tori which operate as structural members comprising:(a) a plurality of toroidal elements; and (b) means for connecting toroidal elements without interlinking or

1. A structural system of toroidal elements for structural frameworks of posts, pillars, beams, joists, arches, plates, decks, helixes, and tori which operate as structural members comprising:(a) a plurality of toroidal elements; and (b) means for connecting toroidal elements without interlinking or intersection of toroidal elements to form a structural framework; wherein each one of said plurality of toroidal elements is self-supporting as part of said structural framework, without non-toroidal support in the space exterior to and surrounded by the tube of said each one of said plurality of toroidal elements; and wherein the greatest dimension of each toroidal element is greater than the greatest dimension of each connection of said each toroidal element with another of said plurality of toroidal elements.