Patent ID: 8312678

Claim:
A roofing section, comprising: a panel system comprising a plurality of panels; and a roof framing structure comprising a plurality of structural supports each having a length dimension and disposed in parallel relation; wherein each of said plurality of structural supports comprises a closed, three-sided perimeter with at least one side comprising a flat section and with a hollow interior, wherein a maximum wall thickness of each of said plurality of structural supports is ⅜″, wherein said panel system is disposed in overlying relation to said roof framing structure, wherein said flat section of each of said plurality of structural supports is in a relative position to said panel system that is selected from the group consisting of engaging a corresponding flat portion of an underside of said panel system or disposed in closely-spaced relation to said corresponding flat portion of said underside of said panel system, and wherein no portion of said roof framing structure is closer to said underside of said panel system than said flat section of said plurality of structural supports; and wherein said roof framing structure comprises a plurality of primary supports disposed in parallel relation to each other and a plurality of secondary supports disposed in parallel relation to each other in a different orientation than said plurality of primary supports, wherein an elevation of each of said plurality of primary supports continually changes proceeding along their respective length dimension, wherein an elevation of each of said plurality of secondary supports remains constant proceeding along their respective length dimension, wherein said plurality of structural supports is selected from the group consisting of said plurality of primary supports, said plurality of secondary supports, or both, and wherein a flat, uppermost surface of each of said plurality of primary supports and a flat, uppermost surface of each of said plurality of secondary supports are coplanar.