Cantilevered roof structure and supporting means therefor

Claim 1

A BUILDING COMPRISING A ROOF STRUCTURE HAVING A FORWARD END, A REARWARD END AND INCLINED DOWNWARDLY FROM THE FORWARD END TO SAID REARWARD END, SAID ROOF STRUCTURE COMPRISING A FRAME HAVING TWO PARALLEL BEAMS OF TOP AND BOTTOM FLANGED WEB MEMBERS OF I-SECTION TAPERING UPWARDLY AND FORWARDLY FROM A POINT REARWARD OF THE TRANSVERSE CENTER OF THE FRAME AND UPWARDLY AND REARWARDLY THEREFROM TO A LESSER EXTENT THAN SAID FORWARD TAPER, SUPPORTING COLUMNS FOR SAID ROOF STRUCTURE EACH COMPRISING UPWARDLY TAPERING FLANGED WEB PLATES PERMANENTLY SECURED AT THEIR TOP ENDS TO SAID REARWARD TAPERING PORTIONS OF SAID I-SECTIONS AND REMOVABLY SECURED AT THEIR BOTTOM END FORWARDLY AND REARWARDLY OF SAID TRANSVERSE CENTER OF THE FRAME TO A SUBTERRANEAN TORSION STIFF FOUNDATION EXTENDING FORWARDLY AND REARWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM END OF SAID SUPPORTING COLUMNS AND DOWNWARDLY AT BOTH OF THEIR ENDS INTO PRESSURE PEDESTALS WHEREBY TO WITHSTAND FORCES RESULTING FROM DEAD OR LIVE LOADS OR LONGITUDINAL AND LATERAL FORCES, MEANS SECURING SAID ROOF STRUCTURE AT ITS FORWARD AND REARWARD ENDS TO SAID FORWARDLY AND REARWARDLY TAPERING BEAMS, SAID ROOF FRAME COMPRISING PARALLEL SIDE MEMBERS AND PARALLEL FRONT AND REAR MEMBERS, ANCHOR PLATES INTERCONNECTING SAID ROOF FRAME MEMBERS AT THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE FRAME, AT LEAST ONE ANCHOR PLATE SECURED TO EACH OF SAID SIDE FRAME MEMBERS INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, EQUALLY SPACED APART PARALLEL TRANSVERSE ROOF PURLINS SECURED AT THEIR ENDS TO SAID SIDE MEMBERS AND INTERCONNECTED INTERMEDIATE THEIR ENDS BY PURLIN SPACERS, DIAGONAL REINFORCING MEMBERS INTERCONNECTING THE TWO CORNER ANCHOR PLATES OF ONE SIDE OF THE FRAME WITH SAID ANCHOR PLATE INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF THE OPPOSITE SIDE FRAME MEMBER, AND DIAGONAL REINFORCING MEMBERS INTERCONNECTING THE OTHER TWO CORNER PLATES WITH SAID ANCHOR PLATE INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID ONE SIDE OF THE FRAME.