Patent ID: 8453416

Claim:
An adjustable lally column that comprises: a lally column that has a first end portion and an opposed second end portion; a cap plate that has a first side and an opposed side, the first side fixed to the lally column and the opposed side adapted to connect to a beam, the cap plate includes a selective retention mechanism that is adapted to secure the cap plate to the beam, the selective retention mechanism includes at least one aperture with a varying cross-sectional area defined in the cap plate and at least one fastener, the at least one aperture has a first portion with a first cross-sectional area and a second portion with a second cross-sectional area, the first cross-sectional area is larger than the second cross-sectional area, the at least one fastener includes a shaft and a head, the head of the fastener fits through the larger first portion of the apertures and the head of the fastener cannot fit through the smaller second portion of the apertures, the at least one fastener adapted to connect to the beam; an adjustment mechanism that connects to the second end portion of the lally column, the adjustment mechanism includes a base plate, the base plate adapted to be positioned on a floor, the head of the at least one fastener fits through the first portion of the at least one aperture in the cap plate and the lally column moved to align the head of the fastener with the second portion of the at least one aperture, the lally column suspended from the at least one fastener, the second end portion of the lally column is adapted to provide an adjustable load bearing interface between the floor and a terminal end of the second end portion of the lally column, the adjustment mechanism adjusts to extend between the suspended lally column and the floor, the extended adjustment mechanism adapted to place the lally column in a load bearing position between the beam and floor.