Suspended module buildings

Claim 1

IN THE METHOD OF MAKING A BUILDING FROM MODULAR UNITS BY ERECTING AT LEAST ONE SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL SERVICE COLUMN ON THE GROUND, MOUNTING A SUPPORT PORTION ON THE COLUMN AT AN ELEVATION SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE THE GROUND, AND PREFABRICATING AT A LOCATION REMOTE FROM THE SUPPORT PORTION A PLURALITY OF THREE DIMENSIONAL MODULAR UNITS FROM WHICH THE BUILDING IS TO BE MADE, THE IMPROVED METHOD OF MOVING THE MODULAR UNITS FROM THE REMOTE LOCATION AND ATTACHING THE UNITS TO THE SUPPORT PORTION WHICH COMPRISES: (A) MOUNTING A PLATFORM ADJACENT TO THE COLUMN UNDERNEATH AND AT A LEVEL SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THE SUPPORT PORTION, (B) MOVING A PLURALITY OF THE MODULAR UNITS THAT CONSTITUTE SUBSTANTIALLY A FULL FLOOR LEVEL ONTO THE PLATFORM FROM THE REMOTE LOCATION, (C) LIFTING THE PLATFORM, WITH THE PLURALITY OF MODULAR UNITS THEREON, TO AN ELEVATED POSITION, (D) ATTACHING THE PLURALITY OF MODULAR UNITS TO THE SUPPORT PORTION, (E) LOWERING THE PLATFORM TO ITS INITIAL POSITION, AND (F) CONTINUING TO THUS MOVE AND SUSPEND FULL FLOOR LEVELS OF MODULES AND RAISE AND LOWER THE PLATFORM UNTIL A BUILDING IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.