Claims
- 1. An assembly for connecting a building panel to a foundation, comprising:(a) a foundation having a trough, said trough having two substantially parallel elongated vertical sides and an elongated horizontal floor; (b) a trough assembly comprising: (i) two upright walls adjacent said corresponding vertical sides of said trough, each of said upright walls comprising a top end and a bottom end; (ii) a base portion atop said floor of said trough and connecting said bottom ends of said upright walls; and (iii) elongated angle irons aligned with and attached to the top end of said upright walls, at least of portion of said elongated angle irons protruding though said foundation; and (c) a building panel having a width and two sides, the width of said building panel being approximately equal to the width of said base portion of said trough assembly, said building panel located within said trough assembly such that said sides of said building panels are adjacent said upright walls of said trough assembly and said sides of said building panels are connected to said angle irons on said corresponding sides.
- 2. The assembly of claim 1 further comprising a buttress extending from one side of said building panel, wherein said buttress extends over the top of said trough assembly.
- 3. The assembly of claim 2 further comprising a concrete cap over a portion of said buttress.
- 4. The assembly of claim 1 further comprising two buttresses, wherein each of said buttresses extends from a side of said building panel and over the top of said trough assembly.
- 5. The assembly of claim 4 further comprising a concrete cap over a portion of one of said buttresses.
- 6. The assembly of claim 4 further comprising concrete caps over portions of both of said buttresses.
- 7. The assembly of claim 4 wherein said buttresses are a single transverse cross member that extends through both sides of said building panel.
- 8. The assembly of claim 7 further comprising a concrete cap over a portion of said transverse cross member on one side of said building panel.
- 9. The assembly of claim 7 further comprising concrete caps over portions of said transverse cross member on both sides of said building panel.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/612,366 filed Jul. 7, 2000.
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