Method of erecting a multi-story building structure

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF ERECTING ON A SUPPORTING BASE A MULTISTORY BUILDING HAVING CONCRETE SLAB FLOORING SECURED TO SPACED LOAD-BEARING COLUMNS AND EMBODYING A FREE-STANDING LATERAL LOAD RESISTING TOWARD STRUCTURE MEANS, WHICH COMPRISES: (A) PREPARING IN ANY DESIRED ORDER; (I) A TOWER STRUCTURE MEANS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SEPARATE FREE-STANDING TOWER, EACH SAID SEPARATE FREE-STANDING TOWER THEREOF HAVING A RELATIVELY LARGE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA PROVIDING A HIGH RESISTANCE TO LATERALLY APPLIED FORCES; (II) A PLURALITY OF LOAD-BEARING COLUMNS EACH HAVING A CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN EACH SAID SEPARATE FREE-STANDING TOWER CROSSSECTIONAL AREA AND RELATIVELY LOW RESISTANCE TO LATERALLY APPLIED FORCES, SAID LOAD-BEARING COLUMNS BEING SPACED FROM EACH AID SEPARATE FREE-STANDING TOWER: AND (III) A BASE: (B) AFTER SAID BASE IS PREPARED, FORMING A PLURALITY OF LIFT-SLABS ON SAID BASE IN STACKED RELATIONSHIP, EACH SURROUNDING A PLURALITY OF SAID COLUMNS AND EXTENDING AT LEAST PARTIALLY AROUND EACH SAID SEPARATE FREESTANDING TOWER IN CLOSED PROXIMITY TO EACH SAID TOWER SO THAT A LATERAL FORCE APPLIED TO SAID LIFT-SLABS WILL MOVE SAID SLABS INTO CONTACT WITH EACH SAID TOWER AND BE ASBORBED BY SAID TOWAR STRUCTURE MEANS; (C) THEREAFTER RAISING SAID SLABS BY APPLYING VERTICAL FORCE THERETO; AND (D) FASTENING SAID SLABS IN PREDETERMINED POSITIONS VERTICALLY ALONG AND COLUMNS WHILE UTILIZING SAID TOWER STRUCTURE MEANS TO RESIST FORCES TENDING TO MOVE SAID SLABS TRANSVERSELY OF SAID COLUMNS AND TOWER STRUCTURE MEANS.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF ERECTING ON A SUPPORTING BASE A MULTISTORY BUILDING HAVING CONCRETE SLAB FLOORING SECURED TO SPACED LOAD-BEARING COLUMNS AND EMBODYING A FREE-STANDING LATERAL LOAD RESISTING TOWARD STRUCTURE MEANS, WHICH COMPRISES: (A) PREPARING IN ANY DESIRED ORDER; (I) A TOWER STRUCTURE MEANS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SEPARATE FREE-STANDING TOWER, EACH SAID SEPARATE FREE-STANDING TOWER THEREOF HAVING A RELATIVELY LARGE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA PROVIDING A HIGH RESISTANCE TO LATERALLY APPLIED FORCES; (II) A PLURALITY OF LOAD-BEARING COLUMNS EACH HAVING A CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN EACH SAID SEPARATE FREE-STANDING TOWER CROSSSECTIONAL AREA AND RELATIVELY LOW RESISTANCE TO LATERALLY APPLIED FORCES, SAID LOAD-BEARING COLUMNS BEING SPACED FROM EACH AID SEPARATE FREE-STANDING TOWER: AND (III) A BASE: (B) AFTER SAID BASE IS PREPARED, FORMING A PLURALITY OF LIFT-SLABS ON SAID BASE IN STACKED RELATIONSHIP, EACH SURROUNDING A PLURALITY OF SAID COLUMNS AND EXTENDING AT LEAST PARTIALLY AROUND EACH SAID SEPARATE FREESTANDING TOWER IN CLOSED PROXIMITY TO EACH SAID TOWER SO THAT A LATERAL FORCE APPLIED TO SAID LIFT-SLABS WILL MOVE SAID SLABS INTO CONTACT WITH EACH SAID TOWER AND BE ASBORBED BY SAID TOWAR STRUCTURE MEANS; (C) THEREAFTER RAISING SAID SLABS BY APPLYING VERTICAL FORCE THERETO; AND (D) FASTENING SAID SLABS IN PREDETERMINED POSITIONS VERTICALLY ALONG AND COLUMNS WHILE UTILIZING SAID TOWER STRUCTURE MEANS TO RESIST FORCES TENDING TO MOVE SAID SLABS TRANSVERSELY OF SAID COLUMNS AND TOWER STRUCTURE MEANS.