Wood deck structure

Claim 1

A DECK STRUCTURE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A HORIZONTAL ORTHORTROPIC PLATE CONSISTING OF A CONTINUOUS ELONGATED PLYWOOD PANEL AND AT LEAST ONE CONTINUOUS WOOD UPPER CORD MEMBER GLUED THERETO IN A CONTINUOUS JOINT ALONG ITS LENGTH, AND AN OPEN-WEB WOOD TRUSS COUPLED WITH SAID UPPER CORD MEMBER, SAID TRUSS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SECTIONS EACH INCLUDING A SINGLE VERTICAL POST MEMBER, SAID POST MEMBER HAVING ITS UPPER END PORTION JOINED TO SAID UPPER CORD MEMBER, A DIAGONAL TENSION MEMBER HAVING END PORTIONS JOINED RESPECTIVELY TO THE LOWER END PORTIONS OF SAID POST MEMBER AND TO SAID UPPER CORD MEMBER AT A POINT SPACED FROM SAID POST MEMBER TO CONVERGE WITH SAID UPPER CORD MEMBER SUBSTANTIALLY TOWARD THE NEARER END THEREOF, A CONTINUOUS LOWER CORD MEMBER INTERCONNECTING THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID POST AND DIAGONAL MEMBERS, VERTICAL END POST MEMBERS JOINED TO SAID UPPER CORD MEMBER ADJACENT TO THE POINT OF JOINDER THEREWITH OF DIAGONALS OF THE ENDMOST SECTIONS AND HAVING LOWER PORTIONS THEREOF JOINED TO SAID LOWER CORD MEMBER, THE TWO SECTIONS NEAREST THE CENTER OF SAID TRUSS HAVING SAID POST MEMBER IN COMMON AND HAVING THEIR DIAGONAL MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY CONVERGING WITH SAID CORD MEMBER TOWARD OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, AND WOOD PLATE