Patent ID: 7780123

Claim:
A stand for use in pouring concrete, comprising: a vertically-adjustable support column having near and distal ends; a generally elongated boom for supporting a concrete slurry dispensing hose having a dispensing nozzle, the boom fixedly attached to the distal end of the support column such that the boom is oriented generally perpendicular to the support column, the boom having a dispensing nozzle engaging clamp carried by a first end of the boom, the dispensing nozzle engaging clamp having a first orientation, the boom having a hose supporting clamp carried by a second end of the boom in spaced-apart relationship to the dispensing nozzle engaging clamp, the hose supporting clamp having a second orientation substantially perpendicular to the first orientation of the dispensing nozzle engaging clamp for engaging a central length of the hose; and a base provided at the near end of said support column and providing stability to said column.