Structural camouflage system

Abstract

A structural camouflage system includes as the primary structural component a planar panel with a reflective outer face, formed in a trapezoidal configuration with upper and lower edges of the panel in parallel relation, the panels connected in edge to edge orientation to form an enclosed structure with the reflective faces of the panels facing outward of the structure and inclined toward the surface upon which the structure rests, so that the panels reflect an image of the immediate foreground to more distant observer looking toward the structure, camouflaging the structure. In an alternative embodiment, a plurality of reflective strips are connected to vertical supports with each strip disposed at an angle so as to reflect a composite image of the immediate foreground to a more distant observer.

1 . A camouflaged structure comprising 
 three or more planar panels, each of said panels having a light reflective outer face and an inner face, an upper edge and a bottom edge, a first side edge and a second side edge, each of said panels formed in a trapezoidal configuration with said upper edge and said lower edge generally parallel to each other, and with said upper edge of greater length than said bottom edge, said panels connected in edge to edge orientation with said first side edge of each panel connected to said second side edge of the adjacent one of said panels, so as to form an enclosed structure, with said reflective outer face of each of said panels facing outwardly from said enclosure, with each of said panels inclined outwardly at an angle relative to a line perpendicular to the plane defined by the bottom edges of said panels.    
   
   
       2 . A method of making a camouflaged structure, comprising 
 providing a plurality of planar panels of trapezoidal configuration, each of said panels having a light reflective outer face, an inner face, a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge, with said top edge being generally parallel to said bottom edge, and with the length of said top edge being greater than the length of said bottom edge;    connecting said panels in edge to edge relation with said first side edge of each of said panels connected to said second side edge of the adjacent one of said connected panels to form an enclosure with said reflective outer face of each of said panels facing outwardly of said enclosure, with said bottom edges of said panels defining a first plane and with said top edges of said panels defining a second plane parallel to said first plane, such that the plane of each of said panels is offset from perpendicular to said first plane defined by said bottom edges and from said second plane defined by said top edges.