Method and framework for a greenhouse or the like including a reversible gable adaptor

Claim 1

A light permeable structure comprising an open framework, light permeable glazing on said structure to define an enclosure, said framework including opposed sections including respective vertical structural members of like construction and in mirror image of each other, said framework further including sloped members adapted to rest atop said vertical members, and first and second wedge shaped means having like conformation mounted between the vertical and sloped members to support the sloped members on respective of the vertical members, said wedge shaped means having surfaces to rest atop the vertical members and to rest against the sloped members, said wedge shaped means being of a configuration to be interchangeably mounted between either of the vertical members and the corresponding sloped member and connectible to at least one of the same whereby the vertical members can be arbitrarily mountible in either of the opposed sections, said vertical members being hollow extrusions having like cross-sections and defining like internal bores, said wedge shaped means including prongs extending into the bores to locate and brace the wedge shaped means on the vertical members, said structure further comprising shim means between at least one of the vertical members and the associated wedge shaped means to provide a snug fit between the wedge shaped means and vertical and sloped members, the shim means being a flat generally C-shaped member with an open end to permit bypassing said prongs.