Patent ID: 8341918
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: E04H,F05B

Abstract:
1. A method for erecting a tower, the method comprising: assembling sections of a tower proximate to the ground, the sections comprising a base section, a top section, and one or more intermediate sections between the base section and the top section, the tower, when assembled, lying in a substantially horizontal first plane, to a second plane, the assembled tower comprising a top end including the top section and a bottom end including the base section; orienting the attitude of the assembled tower, utilizing a lift initiator, to lie in the second plane, the second plane defining an acute angle to the first plane so that the top end of the tower is higher in elevation than the bottom end, the lift initiator further comprising a pushing mechanism; and lifting the assembled tower from the second plane to a vertical plane with a pulley system, the pulley system comprising a primary lift assembly.