Roof structure form employing radial cables

Claim 1

A ROOF FORM FOR A BUILDING HAVING A FLOOR AND A WALL ENCIRCLING SAID FLOOR, SAID ROOF FORM COMPRISING A CENTRAL MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF ROOF PANEL SUPPORTING CABLES ATTACHED AT THEIR INNER ENDS TO SAID CENTRAL MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF BRACKETS, ONE FOR EACH OF THE CABLES, REMOVABLY ATTACHED TO THE OUTER FACE OF SUCH WALL AT SPACED INTERVALS THEREAROUND AND ADJACENT THE UPPER END THEREOF, SUCH WALL HAVING A NOTCH THEREIN RADIALLY INWARDLY OF EACH OF THE BRACKETS, MEANS ON THE OUTER END OF EACH BRACKET FOR ATTACHING ONE OF THE CABLES THERETO, THEREBY TO SUPPORT THE CABLES IN RADIAL EXTENSION FROM THE CENTRAL MEMBER AND THROUGH THE NOTCHES INWARDLY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE BRACKETS, AND AXIALLY EXTENSIBLE CENTER POST MOUNTED UPRIGHT AND EXTENDING BETWEEN THE CENTRAL MEMBER AND A FLOOR OF SUCH BUILDING, MEANS FOR AXIALLY EXTENDING THE CENTER POST TO ELEVATE THE CENTER MEMBER AND THEREBY PLACE UNDER TENSION THE CABLES EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL MEMBER TO THE BRACKETS, A FIRST PLURALITY OF SEGMENTAL ROOF PANELS, EACH OF A SIZE TO FILL THE SPACE BETWEEN EACH ADJACENT PAIR OF SAID CABLES INWARDLY OF THE WALL, AND MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID PANELS IN COMPLEMENTARY RELATION, ON THE CABLES, THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID PANELS ABUTTING SUCH WALL, AND A SECOND SET OF PANELS EACH OF A SIZE TO FILL THE SPACE BETWEEN ADJACENT CABLES EXTERIORLY OF THE WALL, WHEREBY WHEN A CONCRETE ROOF SLAB IS FORMED ON TOP OF THE PANELS AND OF THE WALL, AFTER THE ROOF SLAB HAS SET, UPON REMOVING THE CENTRAL MEMBER THE CABLES ARE SLACKENED, THEREBY FREEING THE PANELS FOR DOWNWARD REMOVAL FROM SUCH SLAB.