Patent ID: 6742308
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: E04B,F16L,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A rotatable building structure, comprising:a fixed base; a building rotatably mounted on the fixed base for rotation about a central axis of rotation coaxial with the building and base; the building including a central elevator shaft projecting upwardly from the base through the height of the building and having a lower end rotatably mounted on the base; the base having an outer mounting rail extending in a circular path and spaced outwardly from the elevator shaft; the building having a lower wall having a series of spaced pairs of bearings running along opposite sides of said mounting rail for rotatable support of the building as it rotates on said base; and a swivel joint assembly mounted in the base coaxially with said elevator shaft and beneath said lower wall for rotatably connecting fixed utility lines extending into the base with corresponding utility lines secured within the rotating building.