| US 7,500,333 B2 | ||
| JPH building | ||
| Fitz A. Harris, 8621 NW. 53 St., Lauderhill, Fla. 33351 (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 18, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/740,307. | ||
| Application 10/740307 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/388077, filed on Sep. 01, 1999, abandoned. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0168374 A1, Sep. 02, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. E04B 1/32 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 52—80.1 [52/86] | 28 Claims |
| 1. A building comprising a plurality of structural ribs, a plurality of beams extending horizontally between adjacent structural
ribs in the plurality of structural ribs, a ground floor, and a foundation, wherein
each of said structural ribs is formed in an outwardly convex curve as a continuous single member, extending in a flat vertical
plane, transmitting bending moments along an entire length of said structural rib, and supporting a portion of the building
by extending across a span of the building,
each of said structural ribs at least approximately conforms to a geometric profile of an ellipse having a major axis extending
above the ground floor and across the span of the building between extremities of the structural rib, with the ellipse being
truncated below the ground floor at ends of the structural rib,
each of said structural ribs curves back under itself, from extremities of the structural rib to extend below the ground floor
to the ends of the structural rib engaged by the foundation of the building,
said structural ribs extend parallel to one another, being spaced apart along a length of said building, and
each of said structural ribs extends upward to a height substantially less than a width of said span of the building.
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