Patent ID: 8528268

Claim:
A building assembly for forming a frame of a building, the building assembly comprising: at least two elongated column structures; a truss structure supported on the column structures, the truss structure having opposite end portions resting on the column structures at horizontally spaced locations; and a trilateral bracing structure attached to the truss structure and one of the column structures to tie the truss structure to the column structure, the trilateral bracing structure being separable from the truss structure and the column structure; wherein the trilateral bracing structure is removable as a unit from the truss structure and the column structure without removing the truss structure from the column structure; wherein the column structure and the trilateral bracing structure form a pocket therebetween for receiving one of the end portions of the truss structure; wherein a lower end of the trilateral bracing structure is attached to the column structure below the bottom chord of the truss structure, and an upper end of the trilateral bracing structure is attached to the truss structure at a location that is above the bottom chord of the truss structure; wherein the trilateral bracing structure comprises: a bridging element attached to the column structure and the truss structure; and a first element and a second element attached together to form an apex attached to a bottom chord element of the truss structure at a location that is horizontally spaced from the column structure.