Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
172 words
A building construction comprising: a central support structure including four rigid vertical columns lying at the vertices of a rectangle and fixed at their lower ends to the ground; a set of trusses including two mutually perpendicular pairs of parallel trusses, each truss including: a horizontal chord; a second chord fixed at its ends to the ends of the horizontal chord and being elsewhere vertically spaced therefrom, said chords being fixed intermediate their ends to two adjacent columns at vertically spaced attachment zones, whereby each column segment between the attachment zones serves as a spreader for mutually perpendicular truses; a horizontally disposed connector extending between and fixed to adjacent ends of each pair of parallel trusses; horizontally disposed elongated structural members projecting in opposite prolongation of each connector, each joined at its outer end with the outer end of another such member at a hip point; and a hip strut extending from each hip point to the adjacent column at an attachment zone spaced from the attachment zone of the horizontal chord.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
172 words
A building construction comprising: a central support structure including four rigid vertical columns lying at the vertices of a rectangle and fixed at their lower ends to the ground; a set of trusses including two mutually perpendicular pairs of parallel trusses, each truss including: a horizontal chord; a second chord fixed at its ends to the ends of the horizontal chord and being elsewhere vertically spaced therefrom, said chords being fixed intermediate their ends to two adjacent columns at vertically spaced attachment zones, whereby each column segment between the attachment zones serves as a spreader for mutually perpendicular truses; a horizontally disposed connector extending between and fixed to adjacent ends of each pair of parallel trusses; horizontally disposed elongated structural members projecting in opposite prolongation of each connector, each joined at its outer end with the outer end of another such member at a hip point; and a hip strut extending from each hip point to the adjacent column at an attachment zone spaced from the attachment zone of the horizontal chord.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
54 words
The invention as defined in claim 1 including a second set of trusses inverted relative to the first set, spaced vertically therefrom and in vertical alignment therewith, and otherwise corresponding in structure to the first set, and fixed to the columns at attachment zones vertically spaced from the attachment zones of the first set.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The invention as defined in claim 2 including struts extending generally vertically between outer ends of corresponding trusses.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
147 words
A building construction comprising: a central support structure including four rigid vertical columns lying at the vertices of a rectangle and fixed at their lower ends to the ground; a first set of trusses including two mutually perpendicular pairs of parallel trusses, each truss including: a horizontal chord; a second chord fixed at its ends to the ends of the horizontal chord and being elsewhere vertically spaced therefrom, said chords being fixed intermediate their ends to two adjacent columns at vertically spaced attachment zones, whereby each column segment between the attachment zones serves as a spreader for mutually perpendicular trusses; and a second set of trusses inverted relative to the first set, spaced vertically therefrom and in vertical alignment therewith, and otherwise corresponding in structure to the first set, and fixed to the columns at attachment zones vertically spaced from the attachment zones of the first set.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
147 words
A building construction comprising: a central support structure including four rigid vertical columns lying at the vertices of a rectangle and fixed at their lower ends to the ground; a first set of trusses including two mutually perpendicular pairs of parallel trusses, each truss including: a horizontal chord; a second chord fixed at its ends to the ends of the horizontal chord and being elsewhere vertically spaced therefrom, said chords being fixed intermediate their ends to two adjacent columns at vertically spaced attachment zones, whereby each column segment between the attachment zones serves as a spreader for mutually perpendicular trusses; and a second set of trusses inverted relative to the first set, spaced vertically therefrom and in vertical alignment therewith, and otherwise corresponding in structure to the first set, and fixed to the columns at attachment zones vertically spaced from the attachment zones of the first set.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The invention as defined in claim 4 including struts extending generally vertically between outer ends of corresponding trusses.