Patent ID: 8469340

Claim:
A foot device for supporting a support device or lifting device comprising: a pivoting foot having a pair of pivoting brackets having support faces formed by an outer contour of the pair of pivoting brackets a foot receptacle for coupling the pivoting foot to a support tube of the lifting device, the foot receptacle comprising an insertion body for insertion into the support tube, the insertion body having a pair of bracket receptacles located in two support tube engagement areas spaced apart from one another by a spindle passage area of a lifting spindle, the pair of bracket receptacles receiving the pair of pivoting brackets of the pivoting foot wherein the pivoting brackets are coupled to the insertion body by pin connectors along a pivoting axis, the bracket receptacles having counter support faces that are concentrical with respect to the pivoting axis the foot device being configurable in one of a loaded condition and a load-free condition, wherein when the foot device is configured in the loaded condition, the pin connections are free of transverse forces and the counter support faces of the pair of bracket receptacles are engaged with the support faces of the pair of pivoting brackets and when the foot device is configured in the load-free condition, there is no direct contact between the counter support faces of the pair of bracket receptacles with the support faces of the pair of pivoting brackets and the pin connections serve to form a pivoting axis about which the pivoting foot can pivot to adjust to a slope of a subsurface.