Patent ID: 7980034
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: E04C

Abstract:
1. A structural column assembly for being bedded in a concrete footing formed in situ in an earthen hole having a longitudinal depth measured from a surrounding grade surface to a floor thereof, said assembly comprising: a longitudinally extending post having a top portion and a bottom portion, said bottom portion being disposed in said earthen hole suspended between said floor and grade surface at a variable predetermined distance; a stilt having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the stilt is at least partially disposed in said earthen hole, the upper portion including a portion thereof substantially contacting the bottom portion of said post and configured for being fixedly attached to said bottom portion of said post such that the lower portion of the stilt is in axial alignment with the post, said lower portion of the stilt including first and second transverse bottom edges, the first and second bottom edges being non-parallel with respect to one another, wherein the first and second bottom edges pierce and extend into the earthen floor to form a movement-resistant engagement with said floor of said earthen hole and to support said post in said earthen hole in a generally upright orientation with said bottom end of said post spaced at the predetermined distance from the earthen floor as a footing of concrete is poured in the earthen hole.