Building wall panel leveler device

Claim 1

A leveler device for use within a building wall panel, said leveler device comprising: a first longitudinally disposed support plate having a lower surface thereof adapted to abut the floor on which said wall panel is disposed; a second longitudinally disposed support plate vertically spaced above said first support plate, said second support plate having an upper surface adapted to abut a portion of said wall; said first support plate having a spherical cavity on the upper surface thereof; a connecting member having a spherical end permanently engaged within said spherical cavity of said first support plate forming a universal joint between said connecting member and said first support plate, said connecting member having an upper threaded section engaging a threaded aperture in said second support plate for maintaining said first and second support plates in said vertically spaced relationship, said connecting member having a multi-sided surface thereon forming a wrench engaging means for rotating said connecting member with respect to said first and second support plates while one of said support plates is restrained from rotating motion with respect to said floor such that said second support plate is raised and lowered with respect to said first support plate; housing means having an upper wall and downwardly depending side walls the bottom surface of said upper wall being in abutment with the upper surface of said second support plate the opposing inner surfaces of said side walls being in an abutting relationship with the side surfaces of said second support plate to restrain said second support plate from relative rotational movement the longitudinal axes of said first and second support plates being disposed along the longitudinal axis of said wall panel when the same is assembled; said housing means being disposed within said wall panel at a predetermined central location with the upper wall of said housing means having an aperture disposed at the center line of said wall panel, said threaded section of said connecting member being received in said aperture when said leveler device is disposed in said housing means to properly locate said leveler device with respect to said wall panel.