Self-supporting paneled structure and method of constructing same

Claim 1

A SELF SUPPORTING PANELED STRUCTURE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) A PAIR OF SPACED PARALLEL BEAMS; (B) A SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS PANELED ASSEMBLY DISPOSED IN SELF-SUPPORTING RELATION BETWEEN SAID SPACED BEAMS, SAID PANELED ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CONTIGUOUS INTERLOCKED ARCUATE FULL LENGTH PANEL MEMBERS EACH SUPPORTED AT ITS ENDS ON SAID SPACED BEAMS, AND EACH OF SAID MEMBERS COMPRISING: (1) A WEB PORTION SPANNING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID SUPPORTS; (2) A MALE INTERLOCKING FLANGE ALONG ONE OF THE MARGINAL EDGES OF SAID WEB AND HAVING AN ABUTMENT PORTION EXTENDING THEREFROM; (3) A FEMALE INTERLOCKING FLANGE ALONG THE OTHER MARGINAL EDGE OF SAID WEB AND INCLUDING A COACTING ABUTMENT RECEIVING PORTION FLANGE PORLY RECEIVING THE MALE INTERLOCKING FLANGE PORTION OF AN ADJACENT CONTIGUOUSLY DISPOSED PANEL MEMBER; AND (4) RETAINING MEANS INTEGRAL WITH SAID ABUTMENT RECEIVING PORTION COACTING WITH THE ABUTMENT PORTION EXTENDING FROM THE MALE FLANGE, AND THE FLANGE OF SAID ADJACENT MEMBER TO PLACE THE ADJACENT FLANGES OF THE ASSEMBLED PANEL MEMBERS IN SUBSTANTIALLY ABUTTING JUXTAPOSITION, WHEREBY MOVEMENT OF SAID ADJACENT PANEL MEMBERS UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY IN A VERTICAL PLANE AND LATERALLY IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE IS RESTRICTED WHILE PERMITTING RELATIVE TELESCOPIC MOVEMEWNT OF THE RESPECTIVE MALE AND FEMALE FLANGES DURING ASSEMBLY OF SAID SELF-SUPPORTING PANELED STRUCTURE.