Method of erecting building constructions and means for carrying out the method

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR THE LIFTING OF FLOORS DURING THE ERECTION OF PREFABRICATED BUILDINGS COMPRISING FORMING A FOUNDATION FLOOR, PROVIDING SAID FOUNDATION FLOOR WITH MEANS DEFINING A PLURALITY OF RECESSES EACH HAVING A DEPTH GREATER THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE UPPER SURFACES OF ADJACENT FLOORS WEHEN SAID ADJACENT FLOORS ARE AT THEIR FINAL LEVELS, FORMING A FIRST FLOOR ON SAID FOUNDATION FLOOR, PROVIDING SAID FIRST FLOOR WITH MEANS DEFINING A PLURALITY OF CAVITIES ALIGNED WITH SAID RECESSES IN SAID FOUNDATION FLOOR, PROVIDING STOPPING ELEMENTS IN ENGAGMENT WITH SAID MEANS DEFINING SAID RECESSES THEREBY CLOSING SAID RECESSES, PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF LIFTING MEANS EACH INCLUDING A BODY PORTION AND A LIFTING ROD, SAID BODY PORTION AND LIFTING ROD OF EACH LIFTING MEANS BEING MOVABLE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, SECURING SAID BODY PORTIONS TO THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID FIRST FLOOR AND MOVING SAID LIFTING RODS DOWNWARDLY RELATIVE THERETO TO EXTEND THE SAME THROUGH SAID CAVITIES INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID STOPPING ELEMENTS, CONTINUING TO MOVE SAID LIFTING RODS DOWNWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS AND AGAINST SAID STOPPING ELEMENTS TO RAISE SAID FIRST FLOOR TO A HEIGHT GREATER THAN THE FINAL LEVEL OF SAID FIRST FLOOR, POSITIONING A PLURALITY OF VERTICALLY EXTENDING SUPPORTING ELEMENTS ON SAID FOUNDATION FLOOR BETWEEN SAID FOUNDATION FLOOR AND THE RAISED FIRST FLOOR, MOVING SAID LIFTING RODS UPWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS TO LOWER SAID RAISED FIRST FLOOR INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SUPPORTING ELEMENTS, CONTINUING TO MOVE SAID LIFTING RODS UPWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS TO WIDHTDRAW SAID LIFTING RODS THRUGH SAID CAVITIES, REMOVING SAID STOPPING ELEMENTS FROM SAID RECESSES IN SAID FOUNDATION FLOOR, REPROSITIONIN G SAID BODY PORTIONS OF SAID LIFTING MEANS ON SAID FOUNDATION FLOOR WITH THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID LIFTING RODS EXTENDING INTO SAID RECESSES, ATTACHING EXTENSION RODS TO THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID LIFTING RODS TO INCREASE THE LENGTH OF SAID LIFTING RODS BY A DISTANCE APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE DISTANCEBETWEEN THE UPPER SURFACE OF ADJACENT FLOORS WHEN SAID AJDACENT FLOORS ARE AT THEIR FINAL LEVELS, FORMING A PLURALITY OF SUPERIMPOSED ADDITIONAL FLOORS ON THE SUPPORTED FIRST FLOOR, PROVIDING EACH OF SAID ADDITIONAL FLOORS WITH MEANS DEFINING A PLURALITY OF CAVITIES ALIGNED STOPPING ELEMENTS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE VIDING ADDITIONAL STOPPING ELEMENTS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID MEANS DEFININ EACH OF SAID CAVITIES IN SAID ADDITIONAL FLOORS TO THEREBY CLOSE EACH OF SAID CAVITIES, MOVING THE EXTENDED LIFTING RODS UPWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS TO PASS THE SAME THROUGH SAID CAVITIES IN SAID FIRST FLOOR INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ADDITIONAL STOPPING ELEMENTS IN SAID CAVITIES OF THE LOWERMOST ADDITIONAL FLOOR, CONTINUING TO MOVE SAID LIFTING RODS UPWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS AND AGAINST SAID ADDITIONAL STOPPING ELEMNTS IN SAID LOWERMOST ADDITIONAL FLOOR TO RAISE SAID PLURALITY OF ADDITIONAL FLOORS TO A HEIGHT GREATER THAN THE FINAL LEVEL OF SAID LOWERMOST ADDITIONAL FLOOR, POSITIONING A PLURALITY OF ADDITIONAL VERTICALLY EXTENDING SUPPORTING ELEMENTS ON SAID FIRST FLOOR BETWEEN SAID FIRST FLOOR AND THE RAISED LOWERMOST ADDITIONAL FLOOR, MOVING SAID LIFTING RODS DOWNWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS TO LOWER THE PLURALITY OF RAISED ADDITIONAL FLOORS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING ELEMENTS, CONTINUING TO MOVE SAID LIFTING RODS DOWNWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS TO LOWER THE SAME INTO SAID RECESSES, REMOVING SAID ADDITIONAL STOPPING ELEMENTS IN SAID LOWERMOST ADDITIONAL FLOOR, AND REPEATING THE STEPS OF ATTACHING ADDITIONAL EXTENSION RODS TO SAID LIFTING RODS, MOVING SAID EXTENDED LIFTING RODS UPWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS TO PASS THE SAME THROUGH CAVITIES IN THE SUPPPORTED FIRST AND ADDITIONAL FLOORS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH ADDITIONAL STOPPING ELEMENTS IN THE LOWERMOST UNSUPORTED ADDITIONAL FLOOR, CONTINUING TO MOVE SAID EXTENDED LIFTING RODS UPWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS AND AGAINST SAID ADDITIONAL STOPPING ELEMENTS IN SAID LOWERMOST UNSUPPORTED ADDITIONAL FLORO TO RAISE THE REMAINING UNSUPPORTED ADDITIONAL FLOORS TO A HEIGHT GREATER THAN THE FINAL LEVEL OF SAID LOWERMOST UNSUPPORTED ADDITIONAL FLOOR, POSITIONING A PLURALITY OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING ELEMENTS ON THE UPPERMOST SUPPORTED FLOOR BETWEEN SAID UPPERMOST SUPPORTED FLOOR AND SAID LOWERMOST UNSUPORTED FLOOR, MOVING SAID EXTENDED LIFTING RODS DOWNWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTION TO LOWER SAID REMAINING UNSUPPORTED ADDITIONAL FLOORS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING ELEMENTS, CONTINUING TO MOVE SAID EXTENDED LIFTING RODS DOWNWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS TO LOWER THE SAME INTO SAID RECESSES, AND REMOVING THE LASTMENTIONED ADDITIONAL STOPPING ELEMENTS, UNTIL ALL OF SAID ADDITIONAL FLOORS ARE AT THEIR FINAL LEVELS.

Claim 2

A METHOD FOR THE LIFTING OF FLOORS DURING THE ERECTION OF PREFABRICATED BUILDINGS COMPRISING FORMING A FOUNDATION FLOOR, PROVIDING SAID FOUNDATION FLOOR WITH MEANS DEFINING A PLURALITY OF RECESSES EACH HAVING A DEPTH GREATER THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE UPPER SURFACES OF ADJACENT FLOORS WEHEN SAID ADJACENT FLOORS ARE AT THEIR FINAL LEVELS, FORMING A FIRST FLOOR ON SAID FOUNDATION FLOOR, PROVIDING SAID FIRST FLOOR WITH MEANS DEFINING A PLURALITY OF CAVITIES ALIGNED WITH SAID RECESSES IN SAID FOUNDATION FLOOR, PROVIDING STOPPING ELEMENTS IN ENGAGMENT WITH SAID MEANS DEFINING SAID RECESSES THEREBY CLOSING SAID RECESSES, PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF LIFTING MEANS EACH INCLUDING A BODY PORTION AND A LIFTING ROD, SAID BODY PORTION AND LIFTING ROD OF EACH LIFTING MEANS BEING MOVABLE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, SECURING SAID BODY PORTIONS TO THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID FIRST FLOOR AND MOVING SAID LIFTING RODS DOWNWARDLY RELATIVE THERETO TO EXTEND THE SAME THROUGH SAID CAVITIES INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID STOPPING ELEMENTS, CONTINUING TO MOVE SAID LIFTING RODS DOWNWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS AND AGAINST SAID STOPPING ELEMENTS TO RAISE SAID FIRST FLOOR TO A HEIGHT GREATER THAN THE FINAL LEVEL OF SAID FIRST FLOOR, POSITIONING A PLURALITY OF VERTICALLY EXTENDING SUPPORTING ELEMENTS ON SAID FOUNDATION FLOOR BETWEEN SAID FOUNDATION FLOOR AND THE RAISED FIRST FLOOR, MOVING SAID LIFTING RODS UPWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS TO LOWER SAID RAISED FIRST FLOOR INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SUPPORTING ELEMENTS, CONTINUING TO MOVE SAID LIFTING RODS UPWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS TO WIDHTDRAW SAID LIFTING RODS THRUGH SAID CAVITIES, REMOVING SAID STOPPING ELEMENTS FROM SAID RECESSES IN SAID FOUNDATION FLOOR, REPROSITIONIN G SAID BODY PORTIONS OF SAID LIFTING MEANS ON SAID FOUNDATION FLOOR WITH THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID LIFTING RODS EXTENDING INTO SAID RECESSES, ATTACHING EXTENSION RODS TO THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID LIFTING RODS TO INCREASE THE LENGTH OF SAID LIFTING RODS BY A DISTANCE APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE DISTANCEBETWEEN THE UPPER SURFACE OF ADJACENT FLOORS WHEN SAID AJDACENT FLOORS ARE AT THEIR FINAL LEVELS, FORMING A PLURALITY OF SUPERIMPOSED ADDITIONAL FLOORS ON THE SUPPORTED FIRST FLOOR, PROVIDING EACH OF SAID ADDITIONAL FLOORS WITH MEANS DEFINING A PLURALITY OF CAVITIES ALIGNED STOPPING ELEMENTS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE VIDING ADDITIONAL STOPPING ELEMENTS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID MEANS DEFININ EACH OF SAID CAVITIES IN SAID ADDITIONAL FLOORS TO THEREBY CLOSE EACH OF SAID CAVITIES, MOVING THE EXTENDED LIFTING RODS UPWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS TO PASS THE SAME THROUGH SAID CAVITIES IN SAID FIRST FLOOR INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ADDITIONAL STOPPING ELEMENTS IN SAID CAVITIES OF THE LOWERMOST ADDITIONAL FLOOR, CONTINUING TO MOVE SAID LIFTING RODS UPWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS AND AGAINST SAID ADDITIONAL STOPPING ELEMNTS IN SAID LOWERMOST ADDITIONAL FLOOR TO RAISE SAID PLURALITY OF ADDITIONAL FLOORS TO A HEIGHT GREATER THAN THE FINAL LEVEL OF SAID LOWERMOST ADDITIONAL FLOOR, POSITIONING A PLURALITY OF ADDITIONAL VERTICALLY EXTENDING SUPPORTING ELEMENTS ON SAID FIRST FLOOR BETWEEN SAID FIRST FLOOR AND THE RAISED LOWERMOST ADDITIONAL FLOOR, MOVING SAID LIFTING RODS DOWNWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS TO LOWER THE PLURALITY OF RAISED ADDITIONAL FLOORS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING ELEMENTS, CONTINUING TO MOVE SAID LIFTING RODS DOWNWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS TO LOWER THE SAME INTO SAID RECESSES, REMOVING SAID ADDITIONAL STOPPING ELEMENTS IN SAID LOWERMOST ADDITIONAL FLOOR, AND REPEATING THE STEPS OF ATTACHING ADDITIONAL EXTENSION RODS TO SAID LIFTING RODS, MOVING SAID EXTENDED LIFTING RODS UPWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS TO PASS THE SAME THROUGH CAVITIES IN THE SUPPPORTED FIRST AND ADDITIONAL FLOORS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH ADDITIONAL STOPPING ELEMENTS IN THE LOWERMOST UNSUPORTED ADDITIONAL FLOOR, CONTINUING TO MOVE SAID EXTENDED LIFTING RODS UPWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS AND AGAINST SAID ADDITIONAL STOPPING ELEMENTS IN SAID LOWERMOST UNSUPPORTED ADDITIONAL FLORO TO RAISE THE REMAINING UNSUPPORTED ADDITIONAL FLOORS TO A HEIGHT GREATER THAN THE FINAL LEVEL OF SAID LOWERMOST UNSUPPORTED ADDITIONAL FLOOR, POSITIONING A PLURALITY OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING ELEMENTS ON THE UPPERMOST SUPPORTED FLOOR BETWEEN SAID UPPERMOST SUPPORTED FLOOR AND SAID LOWERMOST UNSUPORTED FLOOR, MOVING SAID EXTENDED LIFTING RODS DOWNWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTION TO LOWER SAID REMAINING UNSUPPORTED ADDITIONAL FLOORS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING ELEMENTS, CONTINUING TO MOVE SAID EXTENDED LIFTING RODS DOWNWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY PORTIONS TO LOWER THE SAME INTO SAID RECESSES, AND REMOVING THE LASTMENTIONED ADDITIONAL STOPPING ELEMENTS, UNTIL ALL OF SAID ADDITIONAL FLOORS ARE AT THEIR FINAL LEVELS.