Patent ID: 9650802
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: E04H,H01Q,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of transporting and assembling a tilt tower comprising a fixed generally perpendicular base tube having a near end and a removed end, the near end adapted to engage a support surface; a swing tube having a first and second end and a center portion, the swing tube rotatably attached at the center portion to the removed end of the base tube; a pivot tube, the pivot tube having a first end and a second end, the pivot tube pivotally mounted to the swing tube adjacent the second end of the swing tube at a pivot point between the first and second ends of the pivot tube; a first coupling assembly for coupling and uncoupling the first end of the swing tube to the near end of the base tube, such that when coupled the swing tube is generally parallel to the base tube; a second coupling assembly for coupling and uncoupling the pivot tube from the swing tube; a third coupling assembly adapted to couple and uncouple the pivot tube to the base tube when the swing tube is uncoupled from the base tube and when the pivot tube is uncoupled from the swing tube; wherein the swing tube includes a hinge located between the first and second ends, the hinge defining at least a first hinged section of the swing tube and a second hinged section of the swing tube, the hinge configured to place the two hinged sections in substantially parallel alignment one adjacent each other when the swing tube is in a folded position; from a first site to a second site, the method comprising the steps of: providing a trailer; providing a crane; engaging at a first site the tilt tower to the trailer when the swing tube is in the folded position; transporting the trailer with the tilt tower thereupon from a first site to a second site; engaging the crane to the swing tube of the tilt tower; placing the swing tube of the tilt tower in an unfolded position; removing the tilt tower from the trailer; and erecting the tilt tower at the second site.