Patent ID: 7419335

Claim:
An adjustable wall support for supporting a building wall, said support comprising: an upper jacking member rigidly supported by each of a pair of spaced ceiling joists and positioned adjacent to and spaced from a substantially vertical building wall to be supported; a lower jacking member positioned vertically below and spaced from the upper jacking member, the lower jacking member rigidly connected with a floor at a position adjacent to and spaced from the wall; a wall support beam extending between and in contact with the upper and lower jacking members and with a surface of the wall, wherein the wall support beam is movable by each of the upper and lower jacking members in a direction toward the building wall by at least one of the upper and lower jacking members; an adjustment system at each of the upper and lower jacking members for applying respective upper and lower support forces toward the building wall to be supported and against a substantially vertically extending surface of the support beam for pressing an opposite substantially vertically extending surface of the support beam against the wall surface to support the wall against external forces acting against the wall in a direction opposite to the support forces.