Method of erecting concrete structures

Claim 1

A METHOD OF ERECTING A CONCRETE SKELETON FOR A MULTISTORY BUILDING HAVING A PLURALITY OF SUPERPOSED ONE-STORY FRAMEWORKS OF SLABS AND COLUMNS, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) EXCAVATING A RECESS IN THE GROUND WITH A DEPTH OF AT LEAST ONE STORY AND FORMING IN THE RESULTING EXCAVATION A FOUNDATION FOR SAID SKELETON; (B) ERECTING ON SAID FOUNDATION AN ARRAY OF FIXEDLY POSITIONED UPSTANDING SUPPORT MEMEBERS, HAVING A HEIGHT OF AT LEAST TWO STROEIS, ABOUT THE SITE OF EACH COLUMN OF A FRAMEWORK TO BE CAST; (C) TEMPORARILY MOUNTING UPON SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS A CONCRETE-MOLIDNG FORMWORK INCLUDING FORM BOARDS FOR EACH COLUMN DISPOSED WITHIN SAID ARRAY; (D) INSERTING BETWEEN SAID FORM BOARDS A SET OF ELONGATED GENERALLY VERITCAL REINFORCING MEMBERS FOR EACH COLUMN, AT LEAST SOME OF SAID REINFORCING MEMBERS HAVING ENDS PROJECTING DOWNWARDLY INTO SAID EXCAVATION; (E) MONOLITHICALLY POURING EACH COLUMN BETWEEN SAID FORM BOARDS ANAD AN OVERLYING SLAB SPANNING ALL THE COLUMNS SO POURED, THEREBY FORMING A FRAMEWORK FOR AN UPPERMOST STORY OF THE BUILDING; (F) ALLOWING SAID FRAMEWORK TO HARDEN INTO A STRUCTURE SUFFICIENTLY RIGID TO BE ELEVATED ABOVE SAID FOUNDATION; (G) ELEVATING SAID STRUCTURE BY LIFTING EACH COLUMN THEREOF TO A SECOND-STORY LEVEL WITH THE AID OF RESPECTIVE JACKS DISPOSD IN SAID RECESS WHEREBY SAID PROJECTING ENDS EXTEND DOWNWARDLY BELOW SAID LEVEL; (H) TEMPORARILY RETAINING SAID STRUCTURE ON SAID SECOND-STORY LEVLE BY BRACING IT AGAINST SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS WHILE WITHDRAWING THE JACKS INTO SAID RECESS PREPARATORILY TO THE POURING OF A FRAMEWORK FOR THE NEST-LOWER STORY OF THE BUILDING; (I) AND PROCEEDING IN LIKE MANNER IN THE FORMATION OF A SIMILAR FRAMEWORK FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT STORY, WITH THE COLUMNS OF ALL FRAMEWORKS MUTUALLY ALIGNED AND WITH INSERTION OF REINFORCING MEMBERS BETWEEN THE FORM BOARDS FOR THE LOWER COLUMNS IN OVERLAPPING RLATIONSHIP WITH THE ENDS OF THE REINFORCING MEMBERS FROM THE UPPER COLUMNS.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF ERECTING A CONCRETE SKELETON FOR A MULTISTORY BUILDING HAVING A PLURALITY OF SUPERPOSED ONE-STORY FRAMEWORKS OF SLABS AND COLUMNS, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) EXCAVATING A RECESS IN THE GROUND WITH A DEPTH OF AT LEAST ONE STORY AND FORMING IN THE RESULTING EXCAVATION A FOUNDATION FOR SAID SKELETON; (B) ERECTING ON SAID FOUNDATION AN ARRAY OF FIXEDLY POSITIONED UPSTANDING SUPPORT MEMEBERS, HAVING A HEIGHT OF AT LEAST TWO STROEIS, ABOUT THE SITE OF EACH COLUMN OF A FRAMEWORK TO BE CAST; (C) TEMPORARILY MOUNTING UPON SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS A CONCRETE-MOLIDNG FORMWORK INCLUDING FORM BOARDS FOR EACH COLUMN DISPOSED WITHIN SAID ARRAY; (D) INSERTING BETWEEN SAID FORM BOARDS A SET OF ELONGATED GENERALLY VERITCAL REINFORCING MEMBERS FOR EACH COLUMN, AT LEAST SOME OF SAID REINFORCING MEMBERS HAVING ENDS PROJECTING DOWNWARDLY INTO SAID EXCAVATION; (E) MONOLITHICALLY POURING EACH COLUMN BETWEEN SAID FORM BOARDS ANAD AN OVERLYING SLAB SPANNING ALL THE COLUMNS SO POURED, THEREBY FORMING A FRAMEWORK FOR AN UPPERMOST STORY OF THE BUILDING; (F) ALLOWING SAID FRAMEWORK TO HARDEN INTO A STRUCTURE SUFFICIENTLY RIGID TO BE ELEVATED ABOVE SAID FOUNDATION; (G) ELEVATING SAID STRUCTURE BY LIFTING EACH COLUMN THEREOF TO A SECOND-STORY LEVEL WITH THE AID OF RESPECTIVE JACKS DISPOSD IN SAID RECESS WHEREBY SAID PROJECTING ENDS EXTEND DOWNWARDLY BELOW SAID LEVEL; (H) TEMPORARILY RETAINING SAID STRUCTURE ON SAID SECOND-STORY LEVLE BY BRACING IT AGAINST SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS WHILE WITHDRAWING THE JACKS INTO SAID RECESS PREPARATORILY TO THE POURING OF A FRAMEWORK FOR THE NEST-LOWER STORY OF THE BUILDING; (I) AND PROCEEDING IN LIKE MANNER IN THE FORMATION OF A SIMILAR FRAMEWORK FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT STORY, WITH THE COLUMNS OF ALL FRAMEWORKS MUTUALLY ALIGNED AND WITH INSERTION OF REINFORCING MEMBERS BETWEEN THE FORM BOARDS FOR THE LOWER COLUMNS IN OVERLAPPING RLATIONSHIP WITH THE ENDS OF THE REINFORCING MEMBERS FROM THE UPPER COLUMNS.