Patent ID: 8281529

Claim:
A building structure, comprising: a plurality of wood frame assemblies joined together to form an internal frame structure for a building, each of said plurality of frame assemblies comprising a truss, a pair of vertical wall members and a floor joist, said truss attached to respective top ends of said pair of vertical wall members at each end of said truss with an interlocking joint in which a face of the truss and the faces of the pair of vertical wall members are in substantially the same plane, and each bottom end of said pair of vertical wall members are attached to respective ends of said floor joist with interlocking joints each of said interlocking joints comprised of a puzzle-piece shaped recess in a first adjoining member and a corresponding puzzle-piece shape protrusion in a second adjoining member, the puzzle-piece shaped recess having a width at its narrowest point that is significantly greater than a depth of the recess for tightly receiving said protrusion; said truss comprised of first planar member and second planar member, each having a thickness that is significantly less than a height of the truss, said first and second members angled relative to one another to form a pitch of a roof supported by said truss, said first and second members jointed together with a truss joint proximate a peak of the roof comprised of a puzzle-piece shaped recess in the first member and a corresponding puzzle-piece shape protrusion in the second member, the puzzle-piece shaped recess having a width at its narrowest point that is significantly greater than a depth of the recess for tightly receiving said protrusion therein, a plurality of cross-members interconnecting said plurality of frame assemblies in a spaced-apart manner; at least one floor panel attached to said plurality of frame assemblies and positioned on top of each floor joist of said plurality of frame assemblies; and a plurality of exterior wall panels attached to an exterior of said internal frame structure; wherein said interlocking joint further comprises rounded distal end corners and rounded proximal end corners to form a puzzle-piece shape.