Patent ID: 8671642

Claim:
A tapered gambrel roof truss configured to be attached to a top surface of a vertical support member, the tapered gambrel roof truss comprising: an upper tapered truss, comprising: a pair of upper tapered truss horizontal base chords; an upper pair of truss members, each upper truss member having a longitudinal axis, and each upper truss member extending from a respective upper tapered truss horizontal base chord at an acute angle; a lower pair of truss members, each lower truss member having a longitudinal axis, and each lower truss member extending at an obtuse angle from a respective upper tapered truss horizontal base chord such that the longitudinal axis of each lower truss member forms an acute angle with the longitudinal axis of a respective upper truss member; and a ceiling joist member having a first and a second end, the first end being connected to a first of the pair of lower truss members and the second end being connected to a second of the pair of lower truss members, wherein the ceiling joist member is substantially parallel to the pair of base members; a first lower structure and a second lower structure, each of the first lower structure and the second lower structure, comprising: an outer rafter chord; an inner rafter chord; a lower structure horizontal base chord; and a top horizontal chord configured to attach to the upper tapered truss horizontal base chord; and a floor structure, comprising: an upper rafter chord; and a lower rafter chord.