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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1990
Reuben B Arthur, Jr, Greensboro, NC (US);
James L Edwards, Jamestown, NC (US);
Ernest H Jeffries, Jr, Greensboro, NC (US);
Chester O Westmoreland, Jr, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Jerry W Whitley, Greensboro, NC (US);
Resco Products, Inc., Conshohocken, PA (US);
Abstract
A prefabricated structure and method for constructing and lifting the same is provided wherein the structure comprises: (a) a wall unit having a plurality of horizontal courses of construction material stacked one atop another and arranged such that they define at least one generally vertical passage therein which opens through the unit's bottom end; (b) lifting means, positioned on the unit's upper end, for lifting and transporting the unit; (c) generally vertically-oriented banding means, which is in contact with the passes under at least a portion of the unit's bottom end, for securing the lifting means to the unit; and (d) spacer means fitted within the opening defined in the unit's bottom end.