Patent ID: 8464482

Claim:
A deck pier footing for supporting structural weight comprising, at least two concrete stacking units substantially identical in shape, wherein an upper portion of an at least one first stacking unit fits securely into a recess defined in a lower portion of an at least one second stacking unit; only one through channel extending in each stacking unit, the through channel extending through a central axis of each stacking unit; a planar circular upper surface of the upper portion being perpendicular to and radiating horizontally outwardly from the through channel; a planar circular horizontal surface of each recess being directly adjacent to the planar circular upper surface of the upper portion of a next lower stacking unit; a securing element, which secures the at least one first stacking unit to the at least one second stacking unit, comprising a single metal rod extending through and substantially completely filling the axial through channel from the upper surface of a vertically highest stacking unit to a lower surface of a vertically lowest stacking unit.