Abstract: A temporary, moveable marker for directing emergency aircraft to a landing zone employs a set of four panels which are foldable into a compact configuration. These panels are deployed in a substantially rectangular configuration to provide markings for an emergency landing zone and are attached by three hinges. This creates two panels with hinges on the two interior sides of the respective rectangles and two panels, each with one hinge on one interior side. All panels have aligning apertures so that the panels can be collapsed on top of each other to form one rectangle with an aperture through which a screw can be placed and affixed with a wing-nut on the other end, thus keeping the four panels attached. The collapsed set of four panels lie flat with at least one handle on an exterior side to allow for easy storage and transportation.

Abstract: A metal truss structure which is characterized by chord and web members formed of rectangular tubing and with the chords of double construction to take advantage of the weight and cost savings and high torsional strength of rectangular tubing and arranged for easy and inexpensive fabrication by avoiding precise cutting and difficult welding requirement. This metal truss structure comprises chords, each including a pair of laterally spaced-apart rectangular tubing members positioned flat against opposite sides of the rectangular tubing web members at one corresponding end and welded exclusively by weld lines extending along the longitudinal intersections of the chord members with the web members for simple and automatic welding.