Abstract An A-frame home includes interconnected roof panels. The joint connection is at the apex of the abutting upper panel edges which includes abutting vertically disposed surfaces. Aligned horizontal slots are formed in the vertical surfaces and connect with enlarged cavities. The slots and cavities form an I-shaped passageway. An I-shaped connecting element is slidably positioned in the I-shaped passageway for locking the panels together. The upper edges of the panels are horizontal and flat while the top portion of the vertical abutting faces are slightly spaced apart to receive a rib extending downwardly from a cap. The rib includes laterally extending teeth for gripping the adjacent groove surfaces. A pair of shoulders oppositely disposed relatively to the rib extend downwardly from the cap for engagement with the top horizontal surface of the panels and downwardly extending flanges are provided on the outer edges of the cap wings and the flanges extend downwardly along the outer panel surfaces.
An A-frame roof structure structural joint comprising, a pair of upstanding roof panels positioned to form an A and having abutting vertically disposed surfaces at their apex, said vertical surfaces having aligned horizontal slots which connect with enlarged cavities to form an I-shaped passageway, an I-shaped connecting element slidably positioned in the I-shaped passageway for detachably locking said panels together, said abutting faces including spaced apart portions above said I-shaped passageway which form a groove which opens upwardly, said groove having sidewalls including serrations, said panels having top end edges which are horizontal and flat and merge with said groove and with said outer surfaces on said panels extending downwardly and outwardly, a cap positioned on said top end edges, said cap including a downwardly extending rib received in said groove and said rib including serrations engaging the serrations of said groove sidewalls, said cap having a horizontal portion including wing portions on opposite sides of said rib and said wing portions slope downwardly and outwardly to the outside surfaces of said panels where said wings merge into sidewall portions which extend downwardly along said outside surfaces of said panels and downwardly extending shoulder means are provided on said cap on opposite sides of said rib and engage the top end edges of said panel to limit movement of said wing portions towards said panel end edges.
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An A-frame roof structure structural joint comprising, a pair of upstanding roof panels positioned to form an A and having abutting vertically disposed surfaces at their apex, said vertical surfaces having aligned horizontal slots which connect with enlarged cavities to form an I-shaped passageway, an I-shaped connecting element slidably positioned in the I-shaped passageway for detachably locking said panels together, said abutting faces including spaced apart portions above said I-shaped passageway which form a groove which opens upwardly, said groove having sidewalls including serrations, said panels having top end edges which are horizontal and flat and merge with said groove and with said outer surfaces on said panels extending downwardly and outwardly, a cap positioned on said top end edges, said cap including a downwardly extending rib received in said groove and said rib including serrations engaging the serrations of said groove sidewalls, said cap having a horizontal portion including wing portions on opposite sides of said rib and said wing portions slope downwardly and outwardly to the outside surfaces of said panels where said wings merge into sidewall portions which extend downwardly along said outside surfaces of said panels and downwardly extending shoulder means are provided on said cap on opposite sides of said rib and engage the top end edges of said panel to limit movement of said wing portions towards said panel end edges.