# US 2020/0399890 A1 · Floor plate for a multi-story building

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- Number: US 2020/0399890 A1
- Document ID: US20200399890A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/922,382
- Filed: 2020-07-07
- Published: 2020-12-24
- Earliest claimed: 2019-06-21
- Assignees: Big Time Investment, LLC
- Applicants: Big Time Investment, LLC
- Inventors: Stephen T. Houston; Brian K. Threet
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200399890A1

## CPC

- E04B 1/3511: {Lift-slab; characterised by a purely vertical lifting of floors or roofs or parts thereof}
- E04B 1/3516: {characterised by erecting a vertical structure and then adding the floors from top to bottom}
- E04B 2103/02: of ceramics, concrete or other stone-like material
- E04B: GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of opening in walls, floors or ceilings E06B1/00; {electromagnetic shielding H05K9/0001})

## Abstract

A multi-story building includes a vertical support core that is disposed on a foundation, and a plurality of liftable floor plates. The liftable floor plates are fabricated at ground level and lifted into place on the vertical support core. The vertical support core includes vertically-oriented shear walls, and vertically-oriented columns disposed at corners thereof. Vertically-oriented first slots are formed between adjacent ones of the columns disposed at the corners. Each of the liftable floor plates includes girders, lateral framing members, diagonal framing members, and spandrels disposed at an outer periphery of the floor plate. The diagonal framing members are disposed diagonally in relation the lateral framing members and the first and second girders of the floor plate. The diagonal framing members extend through the first slots in the vertical support core and extend to one of the spandrels disposed at the outer periphery of the floor plate.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A multi-story building, comprising:
a vertical support core disposed on a foundation, and a plurality of liftable floor plates slidably disposed on the vertical support core;
wherein the vertical support core includes:
a plurality of vertically-oriented shear walls disposed between adjacent corners of the vertical support core, wherein the vertically-oriented shear walls include opposed sidewalls and opposed inner endwalls;
wherein the opposed sidewalls and opposed inner endwalls are arranged in a rectilinear configuration and form a plurality of corners; and
a plurality of vertically-oriented L-shaped columns disposed at each of the plurality of corners of the vertical support core;
wherein a first set of adjacent pairs of the L-shaped columns form first, vertically-oriented corner slots that are disposed on each of the plurality of corners of the vertical support core;
wherein a second set of the adjacent pairs of the L-shaped columns are connected to the sidewalls to form second, vertically-oriented side slots;
wherein the second set of the adjacent pairs of the L-shaped columns are connected to the sidewalls only at a top portion of the L-shaped columns; and
wherein each of the plurality of liftable floor plates includes first and second girders, a plurality of lateral framing members, a plurality of diagonal framing members, and a plurality of spandrels disposed at an outer periphery of the floor plate.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The multi-story building of claim 1, wherein the lateral framing members are disposed transverse to the first and second girders of each of the plurality of liftable floor plates.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The multi-story building of claim 1, wherein the diagonal framing members are disposed diagonally in relation to the lateral framing members and the first and second girders of each of the plurality of liftable floor plates.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The multi-story building of claim 1, wherein the diagonal framing members extend through the first slots in the vertical support core and extend to one of the spandrels disposed at the outer periphery of each of the plurality of liftable floor plates.