Patent ID: 7665251
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A steel framing and roof enclosure for a residential home, comprising: two steel gable end frames, spaced apart by the predetermined length of the home, and at least one intermediate steel frame, each said frame comprising a pair of upright columns spaced apart by the predetermined width of the home and having upper ends and lower ends, a pair of diagonally positioned roof rafter beams having higher ends secured together between the upright columns and having lower ends operatively connected respectively to the upper end of one of said columns, each roof rafter beam having an upstanding roof angle secured at the lower end thereof; and a plurality of quadrilateral steel roof panels each framed by a peripheral rim formed by steel channels having their flanges extending inward and their ends secured together to form a quadrilateral rim of each of the roof panels defined by side steel channels dimensioned to match a predetermined portion of the length of the roof rafter beams and top and bottom steel channels dimensioned to fit between the roof rafter beams of adjacent ones of the steel frames, the ends of said top and bottom steel channels resting on the roof rafter beams of adjacent ones of the steel frames and with a plurality of steel roof purlins formed of steel channels extending across each roof panel parallel to its top steel channel and spaced apart at predetermined intervals, the bottom steel channel of each quadrilateral steel roof panel received abutting a roof angle secured at the lower end of the roof rafter beam for positioning the roof panel extending up the roof rafter beam from the lower end of the roof rafter beam and for securing the roof panel to the roof rafter beam.