Patent ID: 7665931

Claim:
Adjustment apparatus comprising: a) similar sized first and second planar plates, said first plate providing a pier support base and said second plate providing a footing base, the plates being positioned opposite each other with their edges essentially aligned, each plate having a planar first and second side with the second side of the first plate facing the first side of the second plate; b) two axis inclination adjustment means for adjusting the angles between the first and second plates; and c) spacing adjusting means for adjusting the spacing between the plates; wherein said two axis inclination adjustment means comprises the first plate having at least three threaded holes equally spaced on a circle extending around its center with an equal number of mating bolts and mating lock nuts, the bolts being threaded through the lock nuts then into the holes from the first side of the first plate extending inward toward the first side of the second plate, after adjusting the extension of the bolts to various lengths to obtain the desired parallel relationship between the plates, the bolts are secured using the lock nuts, with the bolts all being adjusted the same amount in the same direction to accommodate spacing changes.