Patent ID: 6460297
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: E04B,E04C

Abstract:
A metal frame for a building to be erected on a building site, comprising:side wall frames made of side wall frame modules bolted together along adjacent edges, said side wall frame modules constructed of rectangular steel tubing welded together, at least one of said side wall frame modules having diagonal bracing; canted eve struts atop said side wall frame modules, said eve struts having ends that are inset from opposite ends of said side wall frame modules to define pockets between upper portions at adjacent ends of said side wall frame modules; end wall frames made of end wall frame modules bolted together along adjacent edges, said end wall frame modules constructed of rectangular steel tubing welded together, at least one of said end wall frame modules having diagonal bracing; said end wall frames each having two ends, each connected to corresponding ends of said side walls to form a peripheral wall frame of said building; trusses for supporting a roof on said peripheral wall frame, said trusses having a bottom chord lying in a bottom chord plane, and upper chords lying at a roof angle to said bottom chord plane, said trusses fixed in said pockets in said side walls, said trusses being bolted between said side wall frame modules to secure said roof of said building on said peripheral wall frame; longitudinally extending purlins attached to brackets fixed to said upper chords of said trusses, said purlins extending over said trusses for attachment of roof sheathing; said eve struts having a top surface that is canted at said roof angle away from the plane of said bottom chords of said trusses to lie parallel to and flush with top surfaces of said purlins for attachment of said roof sheathing flat against said purlins and said canted eve struts; whereby said eve strut serves as both a truss pocket support member and as a roof attachment purlin.