Abstract A building frame comprising: two laterally spaced supporting frames forming opposite sides of the building; laterally extending cable trusses spanning the space between and carried by the supporting frames and including upper and lower cables; and a rigid, longitudinally extending truss located midway between the supporting frames and disposed between the upper and lower cables of the cable trusses to space them apart vertically. The upper cables slope downwardly from the central truss to the supporting frames so that this truss forms a central longitudinal ridge. The cable trusses are anchored laterally outwardly of the supporting frames to the surface on which the building frame is erected. The supporting frames slope laterally outwardly and upwardly so that the interior of the building frame, viewed in cross section, has the general configuration of an inverted trapezoid. This makes the building frame particularly suitable for use as a hangar frame of minimum width since the lateral spacing of the bottoms of the supporting structures may be less than the wingspan of an airplane to be hangared therein.
In a frame for a building, or the like, the combination of: a. two laterally spaced supporting structures respectively extending longitudinally along opposite sides of the building; b. laterally extending cable trusses spaced apart longitudinally of the building, said cable trusses spanning the space between and being carried by said supporting structures and including upper and lower cables; c. a longitudinally extending structure carried by and forming parts of said cable trusses and spacing said upper and lower cables thereof apart vertically; d. said supporting structures including laterally outwardly and upwardly sloping supporting frames; and e. means anchoring said cable trusses to the surface on which the building is erected, laterally outwardly of said supporting frames.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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In a frame for a building, or the like, the combination of: a. two laterally spaced supporting structures respectively extending longitudinally along opposite sides of the building; b. laterally extending cable trusses spaced apart longitudinally of the building, said cable trusses spanning the space between and being carried by said supporting structures and including upper and lower cables; c. a longitudinally extending structure carried by and forming parts of said cable trusses and spacing said upper and lower cables thereof apart vertically; d. said supporting structures including laterally outwardly and upwardly sloping supporting frames; and e. means anchoring said cable trusses to the surface on which the building is erected, laterally outwardly of said supporting frames.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A building frame as defined in claim 1 wherein said longitudinally extending structure is located midway between said supporting structures.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A building frame as defined in claim 2 wherein said upper cables extend downwardly from said longitudinally extending structure to said supporting structures so that said longitudinally extending structure forms a central longituDinal ridge.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A building frame as defined in claim 3 wherein said longitudinally extending structure is a rigid truss disposed between said upper and lower cables of said cable trusses.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A building frame as defined in claim 1 having an interior which, viewed in transverse cross section, has the general configuration of an inverted trapezoid.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A building frame according to claim 1 wherein said upper and lower cables are staggered longitudinally of the building.