Bracket assembly for lifting and supporting a lightweight foundation

a lightweight foundation and bracket technology, applied in the direction of foundation engineering, bulkheads/piles, construction, etc., can solve the problems of unstable structure supported on a shallow foundation or lightweight structure or foundation element, unstable structure, unstable structure, etc., to achieve easy and safe adjustment, reduce the moment of rotation and translation of weldments
US20080014028A1Inactive Publication Date: 2008-01-17FAIRES GUY L +2
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
FAIRES GUY L
Publication Date
2008-01-17
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A bracket assembly rests upon a pile or deep foundation pier set adjacent to a lightweight structure or foundation element such as a porch. The bracket slides upon a pile or deep foundation pier and adjusts from the side of the pile or deep foundation pier. The bracket assembly has a weldment with bearing and guide members. The bearing member supports the lightweight structure or foundation element while the guide member raises the bearing member on the pile or deep foundation pier. The guide member has a sleeve and U-shaped bolt to grasp the pile or deep foundation pier. A cap plate atop the pile or deep foundation pier connects to the guide member through rods. Turning nuts on the upper end of the rods pulls them and thus the lightweight structure or foundation element upwards. The bracket assembly is lightweight and supports approximately five thousand pounds.
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

[0001] This continuation in part patent application claims priority to the non-provisional patent application having Ser. No. 11 / 089,865, which was filed on Mar. 25, 2005.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The bracket assembly for lifting and supporting a foundation relates to L shaped foundation brackets in general and more specifically to improvements in the connections of the bracket to a pile or deep foundation pile or deep foundation pier for supporting a lightweight structure or foundation element. A unique aspect of the present bracket assembly is an adjustable U-shaped bolt and mechanism that secures the bracket against rotation and translation relative to a pile or deep foundation pile or deep foundation pier. The U-shaped bolt also permits access from the side and a sleeve that allows the assembly to move upon a pile or deep foundation pile or deep foundation pier.

[0003] Generally the top of a pile or pier is defined as top and the b...

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