Structureal panel and building constructed therefrom

Claim 1

IN A STRUCTURE HAVING A ROOF, THE IMPROVEMENT WHEREIN SAID ROOF COMPRISES: (A) AT LEAST TWO ROOF BEAM MEMBERS DISPOSED IN PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP. (B) EACH OF SAID ROOF BEAM MEMBERS COMPRISING A CHANNEL OF SUBSTANTIALLY U-SECTION HAVING A WEB PORTION AND TWO SIDE WALLS, EACH OF SAID SIDE WALLS TERMINATING AT THE OPEN END OF SAID CHANNEL WITH AN INWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE HAVING AN INTURNED POSITION FORMING A LONGITUDINAL RIB DEFINING A CLAMPING RIDGE, SAID LONGITUDINAL RIB DEFINING A CLAMPING RIDGE, (C) AT LEAST ONE PANEL MEMBER SPANNING THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID AT LEAST TWO ROOF BEAM MEMBERS, (D) SAID PANEL MEMBER HAVING A FLANGE MEANS EXTENDING ALONG EACH OF TWO OPPOSED SIDES OF SAID PANEL MEMBER AND CLIPS EXTENDING FROM SAID FLANGE MEANS AT PREDETERMINED INTERVALS, (E) EACH SAID FLANGE MEANS OVERLAYING AN INWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE OF SAID ROOF BEAM WITH SAID CLIPS CLASPING SAID INTURNED PORTION, (F) A PLURALITY OF SLOTTED NUTS ARRANGED WITHIN SAID CHANNEL WITH THEIR SLOTS ENGAGING SAID CLAMPING RIDGES, SAID NUTS BEING POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID CLIPS, (G) BATTEN PLATES COVERING THE SLOTS FORMED BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS AND OVERLAYING THE SAID FLANGE MEANS, AND (H) BOLTS PASSING THROUGH SAID BATTEN PLATES TO THREADEDLY ENGAGE SAID NUTS AND HOLD SAID BATTEN PLATES IN POSITION WITH SAID BATTEN PLATES BEARING AGAINST SAID FLANGE MEANS TO ASSIST SAID CLIPS IN HOLDING SAID PANEL MEMBER IN POSITION.