Patent ID: 8714880

Claim:
An eccentric pier bracket comprising: a vertical plate and a horizontal plate abutting one another at a substantially right angle therebetween to form a bracket, said horizontal plate supported by one or more support plates positioned below said horizontal plate to receive force applied downward to said horizontal plate, a left side plate and an opposing right side plate, spaced apart, and positioned generally parallel to one another and each attached to the rearward face of said vertical plate and extending below said vertical plate and said horizontal plate to attach to said support plate, whereby downward and lateral forces applied to said bracket are substantially transferred to said side plates, said side plates each having a longitudinal axis traversing the center portion of each side plate, said longitudinal axes having a generally vertical disposition when said eccentric bracket is operatively positioned, and a support collar comprising a cylinder and having a longitudinal axis, said support collar vertically disposed between said side plates and rearward of said vertical plate so that support collar longitudinal axis is rearward of said side plate longitudinal axes a distance sufficient to accommodate a rotary drill head.