Construction of channeled steel beams

Claim 1

A COMPOUND CONCRETE-STEEL BEAM FOR RESISTING THE BENDING EFFECTS OF LOADS IMPOSED THEREON COMPRISING: A STEEL BEAM STRUCTURE, LONGITUDINAL MEMBERS DEFINING AT LEAST ONE HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED CHANNEL WITH SAID BEAM STRUCTURE, AND A PLURALITY OF FRAME STIFFENERS TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED ALONG AND ENGAGING SAID CHANNEL, SAID FRAME STIFFENERS COMPRISING RIGID ANNULAR HOOPS AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL IN THICKNESS TO SAID LONGITUDINAL MEMBERS WITH THE SIDES THEREOF CORRESPONDING TO SAID LONGITUDINAL MEMBERS CONNECTED TO EACH MEMBER FORMING SAID CHANNEL AND CONFORMING SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE CROSS SECTIONAL CONFIGURATION OF SAID CHANNEL AND PROJECTING UPWARDLY THEREFROM; AND A FIRST CONCRETE STRUCTURE FORMED ON SAID BEAM STRUCTURE IN CONTACT WITH THE LONGITUDINAL MEMBERS DEFINING SAID CHANNEL TO SUBSTANTIALLY FILL SAID CHANNEL AND FORM A NATURAL BOND AT THE INTERFACES THEREBETWEEN TO MAINTAIN CONNECTION BETWEEN THE AFORESAID STRUCTURES AGAINST SHEARING STRESS ALONG THE PLANE OF SAID INTERFACES AND A SECOND CONCRETE DECK STRUCTURE FORMED ON SAID FIRST CONCRETE STRUCTURE IN CONTACT WITH THE UPPER SURFACE THEREOF TO FORM A NATURAL BOND AT THE INTERFACE THEREBETWEEN TO MAINTAIN CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONCRETE STRUCTURES AGAINST SHEARING STRESSES ALONG THE PLANE OF THE INTERFACE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND STRUCTURES, SAID FIRST AND SECOND STRUCTURES FURTHER ENCASING SAID FRAME STIFFENERS, SAID FRAME STIFFENERS MAINTAINING CONNECTION BETWEEN EACH OF SAID STRUCTURES AGAINST FORCES TENDING TO PROVIDE SEPARATION THEREOF IN PLANES OTHER THAN THAT OF SAID INTERFACES.