Building frame support

Claim 1

In combination a shoe member and a socket member for supporting a column comprising: a shoe member and a socket member, said shoe member comprising a flat, generally rectangular bottom member, and spaced sides, said generally rectangular bottom member of said shoe having a first side edge, a second side edge, a first end, a second end and means on said bottom member of said shoe for attaching said shoe member to a footing, said sides being fixed to said bottom member of said shoe at said first side edge and said second side edge of said rectangular bottom member and said sides extending upwardly from said bottom member and defining a space therebetween, said sides of said shoe each having a slot adjacent said bottom and adjacent said first end of said bottom member, said socket member comprising a flat generally rectangular plate-like bottom member having spaced side edges, a first end and a second end and two spaced upwardly extending sides fixed to said side edges, said socket having a first pintel fixed to one said side and a second pintel fixed to another said side adjacent said bottom member and adjacent said first end, said socket being adapted to receive an end of a column therein in the space between said sides of said socket and means on said socket to attach said column to said socket, said shoe being adapted to receive said socket with said bottom of said shoe disposed in a plane generally parallel to said bottom of said socket, said sides of said socket received between said sides of said shoe and said pintels being received in said slots whereby said column can be attached to said socket and swung from a horizontal position to a vertical position, locking means on said shoe and on said socket to lock said socket to said shoe when said socket and said column are swung to a vertical position.