Patent ID: 9394689
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: E04B,F24S,H02S,Y02B,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A tiltable flat roof structure comprising: at least one vertical column with a lower end and an upper end and a substantially horizontally oriented hollow beam having a pair of spaced apart sidewalls, a bottom wall extending between the pair of spaced apart sidewalls, and a downwardly facing opening formed in the bottom wall, the opening being designed to receive the upper end of the column therein wherein the pair of spaced apart sidewalls are positionable adjacent walls of the column; a plurality of mounting holes defined in one of the walls of the upper end of the column and the pair of spaced apart sidewalls of the beam, the mounting holes being oriented in a regular pattern; a plurality of mounting arcuate slots defined in another of the walls of the upper end of the column and the pair of spaced apart sidewalls of the beam, each of the arcuate slots having a length or arc equal to a predetermined number of degrees of relative rotation between the beam and the column, the mounting arcuate slots being oriented in a regular pattern matching the regular pattern of the mounting holes so that the plurality of holes are aligned with the plurality of slots throughout the predetermined number of degrees of relative rotation; and a plurality of bolts, one each inserted through the holes and matching slots and threadedly engaged with nuts to fixedly position the beam relative to the column.