Sectional tower with intermediate legs

A tower comprising:

• at least three first support members, each first support member having at least three legs interconnected by lattices, each first support member being fixedly mounted on and extending upward from a corresponding base;
• each adjacent first support member gradually curving upwards to meet adjacent first support members, thereby forming a window lower juncture;
• at least three second support members which are each fixedly mated on top of a surface of a corresponding first support member, each adjacent second support member gradually curving upwards to meet adjacent second support members, thereby forming a window upper juncture;
• each of the first and second support members having upper and a lower sections;
• a transverse flange that extends radially outward from each leg, one of the transverse flanges being located at an upper end of each leg of each lower section and abutting with the transverse flange of one of the legs of each upper section;
• and
• a plurality of fasteners that secure the abutting transverse flanges together.

A method for constructing a tower comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of sections having legs connected together by lattices, preassembling the sections to a predetermined length;
• transporting said preassembled sections to a site;
• then
• connecting a plurality of the preassembled sections together to form first support members, second support members, and an upper support member by abutting the ends of the legs of the preassembled sections to each other, wherein each said leg has a transverse flange on each end;
• connecting said first support members to a base and then to one another;
• connecting said second support members to said first support members;
• then
• connecting said upper support member to said second support members.

A method for constructing a tower comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of sections having legs connected together by lattices,
• preassembling the sections to a predetermined length;
• transporting said preassembled sections to a site;
• then
• connecting a plurality of the preassembled sections together to form first support members, second support members, and an upper support member by abutting the ends of the legs of the preassembled sections together;
• connecting said first support members to a base and then to one another to form a window lower juncture;
• connecting said second support members to said first support members;
• then
• connecting said upper support member to said second support members;
• wherein
• each of the first support members has an inside leg and two outside legs and wherein the window lower juncture comprises:
• a plurality of horizontal end plates joining the inside legs of the first support members to the second support members,
• a plurality of vertical end plates joining the inside legs to each other;
• and
• a vertical cover plate covering said window lower juncture.