Patent ID: 6840714

Claim:
A device for raising and supporting a foundation or slab of a building, said device comprising: a. a cantilever beam having top and bottom sides, said top side engaging the underside of said foundation, also having a notched end with said notch located near said bottom side, and b. a cylindrical sleeve used to guide a piling driven into the ground, having approximately the same diameter as the beam, also having a top end and a bottom end, joined perpendicularly to said notched end of the beam, the sleeve essentially flush with said bottom side of the beam, and c. a spacer joined to said cylindrical sleeve and engaging the side of said foundation providing clearance between a structure wall and an actuator system, said spacer protruding from the sleeve approximately two inches, having about the same width as said cantilever beam and said cylindrical sleeve, extending from the vertex of the beam and sleeve to said top end of the sleeve, also having a through hole near the top end of said spacer, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the beam, and d. two removable angle flanges of right hand and left hand configuration, each flange with a top end and a bottom end having about the length of said cylindrical sleeve, said top end of each flange essentially adjacent to the sleeve top end, with opposing flanges oriented to have a leg extending outwardly from the sleeve and perpendicular to the beam, each flange having 90° complementary legs sandwiching the beam, sleeve and spacer, each flange having a means for attachment of a lifting device, each flange having holes near said top end of said complementary leg which align with said through hole, thereby providing a first means for securing the flanges to said spacer when a screw is inserted through the flange holes and through hole and a nut attached thereto.