Patent ID: 8407967

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 that connects to the first end portion and an opposed side that is adapted to connect to a beam, a cap plate fastener connects the cap plate and the lally column, the cap plate includes a selective retention mechanism for connecting the cap plate to the beam, the selective retention mechanism includes apertures in the cap plate that vary in cross-section area and a support structure adapted to connect to the beam, each aperture of the selective retention mechanism has a first portion that has a first cross-sectional area and a second portion that has a second cross-sectional area, the first cross-sectional is larger than the second cross-sectional area, the support structure includes fasteners that have a head and a shaft, the shaft has a first cross-sectional area that is less than the cross-sectional area of the head, the fasteners align with the apertures of the selective retention mechanism of the cap and adapted to connect to the beam, the heads of the fasteners receive the first portions of the apertures, the fasteners aligned with second portion of the apertures, the selective retention mechanism adapted to retain the cap plate in a suspended position from the beam, an adjustment mechanism that connects to the second end portion of the column and includes a base plate, the base plate adapted to be positioned on a floor, the adjustment mechanism extendable between the second portion and the floor, the adjustment mechanism adapted to position the suspended cap plate and lally column in a load bearing position between the beam and floor.