Method of constructing a tensile system of building construction

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING A BUILDING STRUCTURE HAVING A CENTRAL SPINE AND A SPREADER PLATFORM ADJACENT THE UPPER END THEREOF, SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF (A) CONNECTING A PLURALITY OF TENSILE CABLES AT SPACED POSITIONS BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE PLTFORM AND GROUND ANCHOR POINTS FORMING A GRID ARRAY DEFINING A BUILDING SPACE, (B) PLACING A STACK OF FLOOT SLABS AT GROUND LEVEL WITHIN SAID SPACE, EACH SLAB INCLUDING SOCKETS AS POSITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CABLES, EACH SOCKETS HAVING AT LEAST TWO OPENINGS, THROUGH ONE OF WHICH THE ASSOCIATED CABLE EXTENDS, (C) INITIALLY STRESSING SAID CABLES TO A TENSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR ULTIMATE DESIGN LOAD, (D) PASSING HOISTING ROPES FOR SAID SLABS THROUGH THE OTHER OPENING IN SOCKETS OF THE STACK OF SLABS, (E) PRE-STRESSING SAID HOISTING ROPES TO A TENSION CORRESPONDING TO THE PROPORTION OF THE TOTAL SLAB LOAD THEY ARE DESTINED TO CARRY, (F) COUPLING THE PRE-STRESSED HOISTING ROPES TO THE UPPERMOST SLAB IN SAID STACK AND MOVING SAID ROPES TO ELEVATE THE COUPLED SLAB TO ITS PROPER VERTICAL FLOOR POSITION ON SAID SPINE, (G) ATTACHING THE ELEVATED SLAB TO THE TENSILE CABLES AND SAID SPINE, (H) REDUCING THE TENSION ON SAID CABLES TO THE EXTENT OF THE DEAD FLOOR LOAD APPLIED BY THE SLAB ATTACHED THERETO, AND (I) DECOUPLING THE HOISTING ROPES FROM THE ATTACHED SLAB AND COUPLING THE ROPES TO THE NEXT SLAB NOW UPPERMOST IN SAID STACK TO REPEAT THE OPERATION.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING A BUILDING STRUCTURE HAVING A CENTRAL SPINE AND A SPREADER PLATFORM ADJACENT THE UPPER END THEREOF, SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF (A) CONNECTING A PLURALITY OF TENSILE CABLES AT SPACED POSITIONS BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE PLTFORM AND GROUND ANCHOR POINTS FORMING A GRID ARRAY DEFINING A BUILDING SPACE, (B) PLACING A STACK OF FLOOT SLABS AT GROUND LEVEL WITHIN SAID SPACE, EACH SLAB INCLUDING SOCKETS AS POSITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CABLES, EACH SOCKETS HAVING AT LEAST TWO OPENINGS, THROUGH ONE OF WHICH THE ASSOCIATED CABLE EXTENDS, (C) INITIALLY STRESSING SAID CABLES TO A TENSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR ULTIMATE DESIGN LOAD, (D) PASSING HOISTING ROPES FOR SAID SLABS THROUGH THE OTHER OPENING IN SOCKETS OF THE STACK OF SLABS, (E) PRE-STRESSING SAID HOISTING ROPES TO A TENSION CORRESPONDING TO THE PROPORTION OF THE TOTAL SLAB LOAD THEY ARE DESTINED TO CARRY, (F) COUPLING THE PRE-STRESSED HOISTING ROPES TO THE UPPERMOST SLAB IN SAID STACK AND MOVING SAID ROPES TO ELEVATE THE COUPLED SLAB TO ITS PROPER VERTICAL FLOOR POSITION ON SAID SPINE, (G) ATTACHING THE ELEVATED SLAB TO THE TENSILE CABLES AND SAID SPINE, (H) REDUCING THE TENSION ON SAID CABLES TO THE EXTENT OF THE DEAD FLOOR LOAD APPLIED BY THE SLAB ATTACHED THERETO, AND (I) DECOUPLING THE HOISTING ROPES FROM THE ATTACHED SLAB AND COUPLING THE ROPES TO THE NEXT SLAB NOW UPPERMOST IN SAID STACK TO REPEAT THE OPERATION.