Three dimensional support structure

Abstract

A three-dimensional support structure is provided and includes a single sheet of material that is folded into a repeating pattern of cells. Each of the cells is formed by first and second spaced-apart endwalls and first and second sloped sidewalls spanning between the endwalls. Each endwall comprises two plies of material while each sidewall com-prises a single ply of material. The first and second sidewalls are adjoined at-a folded edge, The cells are aligned such that the first endwall of one cell from the repeating pattern abuts the second endwail of an adjacent cell of the repeating pattern to form a four-ply wall of the material. A first liner may be attached to a first side of the folded material and a second I iper may be attached to a second side of the folded material.