Building system and method thereof
AssigneeBahler IP, LLC
InventorsAlan Schambach, Kenneth Culbreth
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Abstract
A roof assembly having a fully assembled support assembly that is hingedly coupled to a portion of the top members of the roof assembly. The support assembly can pivotably rotate downward around an edge of the roof assembly and under the roof assembly when the roof assembly is lifted from a first position to a second position. A removeable safety net system can be coupled to a plurality of support members. The columns have a hinge connection to the roof assembly. Upon the roof system being lifted, the hinged columns can fold under the roof system and then be coupled to one or more anchor points established in the ground. The roof system can be raised into position at a pre-determined height using a lifting apparatus, such as a hydraulic lift.
Claims19
A roof assembly comprising:
- a plurality of top members, wherein the roof assembly is fully assembled at a first position and is configured to be removably couplable to a plurality of ground-mounted stubs supporting the plurality of top members;
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- a support assembly fully assembled at the first position, wherein the support assembly includes one or more columns having a top end and a bottom end, wherein the support assembly is hingedly coupled to a portion of the top members of the roof assembly, wherein the support assembly can pivotably rotate downward around an edge of the roof assembly and under the roof assembly when the roof assembly is lifted from the first position to a second position;
- wherein each of the one or more columns has a corresponding stub of the plurality of stubs, and wherein the plurality of top members are configured to be removably couplable to the stubs when the roof assembly is in the first position, wherein the top members are further configured to be removably couplable to the top end of the columns of the support assembly and the bottom end of the columns are configured to be coupled to the corresponding stub of the plurality of stubs stubs when the roof assembly is in the second position and the support assembly has rotated underneath the roof assembly.
A method of assembling a building comprising:
- assembling a roof assembly at a lowered position with a plurality of top members of the roof assembly removably coupled to a plurality of ground-mounted stubs, wherein the roof assembly is positioned over a load distributing apparatus and a lifting apparatus configured to raise the load distributing apparatus;
- moving the load distributing apparatus into engagement with the roof assembly and moving the roof assembly from the lowered position toward a raised position;
- allowing a support assembly to pivotably rotate downward around an edge of the roof assembly and under the roof assembly as the roof assembly is lifted from the lowered position toward the raised position, the support assembly including one or more columns having a top end and a bottom end, wherein the support assembly is hingedly coupled to a portion of the plurality of top members of the roof assembly;
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- when the roof assembly is in the raised position, coupling the top end of each of the one or more columns of the support assembly to the plurality of top members of the roof assembly, and coupling the bottom end of each of the one or more columns of the support assembly to the plurality of ground-mounted stubs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.