Elevated tank support

Claim 1

AN ELEVATED STORAGE TOWER CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING, A CENTRALLY-LOCATED GROUND-MOUNTED SUPPORT BASE, A VERTICALLY-ELONGATED PEDESTAL MOUNTED AT ITS LOWER END ON SAID SUPPORT BASE TO PROJECT UPWARDLY THEREFROM, A STORAGE TANK SECURELY-MOUNTED CENTRALLY OF ITS BOTTOM PORTION ON AN UPPER END OF SAID PEDESTAL TO PROJECT RADIALLY-OUTWARDLY THEREFROM AND PROVIDE AN INTEGRAL STRUCTURE THEREWITH, THREE EARTH ANCHORS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUALLY-SPACED WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER ABOUT SAID INTEGRAL STRUCTURE AND POSITIONED RADIALLY-OUTWARDLY THEREOF IN AN EQUIANGULAR SPACED RELATIONSHIP THEREABOUT, THREE PAIRS OF FLEXIBLE GUYS, THE GUYS OF EACH OF SAID PAIRS BEING CONNECTED TOGETHER AT THEIR LOWER ENDS TO AN ASSOCIATED ONE OF SAID ANCHORS, THE GUYS OF EACH OF SAID PAIRS BEING SECURED AT THEIR UPPER ENDS IN A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY-SPACED ADJACENT RELATION WITH EACH OTHER TO SAID INTEGRAL STRUCTURE ADJACENT THE BOTTOM PORTION OF SAID TANK AND THE UPPER END PORTION OF SAID PEDESTAL TO PROVIDE A DOWNWARDLY-RADIALLY-OUTWARDLY-IN CLINED TRIANGULAR GUY SYSTEM, ONE GUY WIRE OF EACH OF SAID PAIRS BEING SECURED AT THE SAME POSITION ON SAID INTEGRAL STRUCTURE AS AN ADJACENT GUY OF AN ADJACENT PAIR, WHEREBY EACH GUY WIRE AT ITS UPPER END HAS A COMMON POINT OF CONNECTION TO SAID INTEGRAL STRUCTURE WITH AN ADJACENT GUY WIRE OF AN ADJACENT PAIR, EACH GUY OF SAID PAIRS BEING POSITIVELY-SECURED AT ITS UPPER END TO SAID INTEGRAL STRUCTURE TO EXTEND TANGENTIALLY-OUTWARDLY THEREFROM AND RESIT TOR SIONAL MOMENT ON SAID INTEGRAL STRUCTURE, SAID SUPPORT BASE HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSED UPPER AND LOWER BEARING FACES, MEANS CONNECTING SAID OPPOSED FACES TOGETHER AND HAVING PORTIONS TO INHIBIT LATERAL MOVEMENT AND PROVIDE PIVOTAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID OPPOSED FACES, WHEREBY SAID PEDESTAL WILL HAVE LIMITED PIVOTAL MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SAID LOWER BEARING FACE AS RESTRAINED BY SAID FLEXIBLE GUYS TO THEREBY MINIMIZE BENDING MOVEMENT ON SAID PEDESTAL, SAID UPPER AND LOWER BEARING FACES BEING OF COMPLEMENTARY SPHERICAL SHAPE, A TRANSITION PIPE EXTENDING UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID UPPER AND LOWER BEARING FACES AND BEING SECURED TO ONE OF SAID BEARING FACES AND EXTENDING THROUGH AN ENLARGED OPEN PORTION IN THE OTHER OF SAID BEARING FACES, A SERVICE PIPE EXTENDING UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID SUPPORT BASE FOR CONDUCTING FLUENT MATERIAL, AND A FLEXIBLE COUPLING CONNECTING A LOWER END OF SAID TRANSITION PIPE TO AN UPPER END OF SAID SERVICE PIPE.