Patent ID: 7735293
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: B65D,B65G

Abstract:
1. A method of assembling a structural column, comprising: (1) a plurality of column panels, each said column panel comprising a top edge, a bottom edge, a first flat side, a second flat side, an inward-facing surface and an outward-facing surface, (2) assembling said plurality of column panels to form a first horizontal array about a central vertically oriented axis, with said first flat side of at least one of said column panels being oriented at an angle less than 180 degrees from said second flat side of same said column panel, said inward-facing surface of said first flat side of one said column panel attaching to said inward-facing surface of said second flat side of an adjacent said column panel, and at least two said bottom edges of said column panels within said first horizontal array are of substantially different vertical lengths from one another such that said bottom edges of at least two said column panels within said first horizontal array are offset in different horizontal planes from each other, (3) attaching at least one lifting device to foundation of structural column and to said first horizontal array for the purpose of raising said first horizontal array upwards a vertical distance, (4) operating said lifting device to raise said first horizontal array to a sufficient vertical distance upwards to allow assembling of a second horizontal array below said first horizontal array, (5) assembling a plurality of said column panels to form said second horizontal array below said first horizontal array, such that said second horizontal array is arrayed about the same central vertically oriented axis as said first horizontal array and is comprised of additional said column panels, wherein top edges of said column panels of said second horizontal array abut or are in close proximity to lower edges of said column panels of first horizontal array, with at least one of said column panels of said second horizontal array having said first flat side oriented at an obtuse angle from said second flat side, said first and said second flat sides of at least one said column panel in said first horizontal array being attached to part of said second and said first flat sides, respectively, of said column panels in said second horizontal array, and (6) removing said lifting device from said first horizontal array, whereby said structural column is assembled with at least one column panel in said first horizontal array being such that its bottom edge is in a substantially different horizontal plane than at least one other said column panel within said first horizontal array, and said lifting device raising said first horizontal array a sufficient vertical distance to allow assembly of said second horizontal array to said first horizontal array, thereby a structural column is assembled with at least one offset between said column panels in said first and said second horizontal arrays, using a lifting device.