ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,058, issued on Feb. 3.
"Crane system and method for delivering crane from floor-to-floor of high-rise building under construction" was invented by Patrick M. Tarrant (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed embodiments provide an accelerated construction technique that is well-suited for concrete steel-reinforced buildings. As construction of a building continues, and new floors are built, cutouts in each floor are formed that are vertically aligned with each other to form a multi-floor channel. A climbing hydraulic piston system is installed in the multi-floor channel. The hydraulic piston system lifts a mobile, slab-based ...