Elevated base for column support

A column base for housing and supporting the lowermost portion of a wood column, the column base comprising a stanchion, the stanchion comprising:

• a solid base portion determined by opposed, generally vertical first and second faces and opposed, generally vertical third and fourth faces, the third and fourth faces each generally orthogonal to the first and second faces, each pair of mutually orthogonal faces contiguous along a common, generally vertical edge, each face having generally horizontal lower and upper edges, the base portion further determined by a lower surface bounded by the face lower edges and by an upper surface bounded by the face upper edges, the lower surface having a first aperture determined by a first perimeter and the upper surface having a second aperture determined by a second perimeter, the base portion having a cavity therethrough extending between the first and second apertures, the first perimeter and face lower edges bounding a lower surface peripheral region, the second perimeter and face upper edges bounding an upper surface peripheral region, each pair of mutually orthogonal upper edges determining a corner, a portion of the upper surface peripheral region proximate to each corner having a trough beveled outwardly, portions of the upper surface peripheral region disposed exterior to the troughs being generally planar, the faces circumscribed by a generally horizontal concrete line at a predetermined distance below the base portion upper surface;
• a flange having opposed upper and lower surfaces generally orthogonal to the base portion faces, the flange having an aperture therethrough determined by a perimeter generally congruent to said first perimeter, the flange upper surface rigidly attached to the lower surface peripheral region of the base portion, the flange lower surface a predetermined distance below said concrete line;
• opposed first and second generally vertical side walls, each side wall having a lower end of a first predetermined thickness rigidly attached and generally orthogonal to a planar portion of the upper surface peripheral region, each side wall having an upper portion terminating in an upper end of a second predetermined thickness, each upper portion having a generally planar exterior surface, each side wall of a thickness tapering decreasingly from the lower end thickness to the upper end thickness;
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• opposed third and fourth generally vertical side walls, each side wall having a lower end of the first predetermined thickness rigidly attached and generally orthogonal to a planar portion of the upper surface peripheral region, each side wall having an upper portion terminating in an upper end of the second predetermined thickness, each side wall of a thickness tapering decreasingly from the lower end thickness to the upper end thickness, the third and fourth side walls each generally orthogonal to the first and second side walls, the lower ends of each pair of adjacent side walls separated by a gap, each gap and upper surface peripheral region proximate to the gap determining one of said troughs.

A column base for housing and supporting the lowermost portion of a wood column with a generally square cross-section of a predetermined size, the column base comprising a stanchion, the stanchion comprising:

• a solid base portion determined by opposed, generally vertical, generally planar first and second faces and opposed, generally vertical, generally planar third and fourth faces, the third and fourth faces each generally orthogonal to the first and second faces, each pair of mutually orthogonal faces contiguous along a common, generally vertical edge, each face having generally horizontal lower and upper edges, the base portion further determined by a lower surface bounded by the face lower edges and by an upper surface bounded by the face upper edges, the lower surface having an aperture determined by a generally square perimeter with radiused vertices, the upper surface having an aperture determined by a generally circular perimeter, the base portion having therethrough a symmetrically disposed cavity tapering inwardly from the square aperture to the circular aperture, the square perimeter and face lower edges bounding a generally planar lower surface peripheral region, the circular perimeter and face upper edges bounding an upper surface peripheral region, each pair of mutually orthogonal upper edges determining a radiused corner, a portion of the upper surface peripheral region proximate to each corner having an elliptically-shaped trough beveled outwardly at a predetermined downward angle, portions of the upper surface peripheral region disposed exterior to the troughs being generally planar, the faces circumscribed by a generally horizontal concrete line at a predetermined distance below the base portion upper surface;
• a generally circular flange having opposed, generally planar upper and lower surfaces generally orthogonal to the base portion faces, the flange having therethrough a generally square aperture determined by a perimeter generally congruent to the perimeter of the aperture in the base portion lower surface, the flange upper surface rigidly attached to the lower surface peripheral region of the base portion, the flange lower surface a predetermined distance below said concrete line;
• opposed first and second generally vertical side walls, each side wall having a lower end of a first predetermined thickness rigidly attached and generally orthogonal to a planar portion of the upper surface peripheral region, each side wall having an upper portion terminating in an upper end of a second predetermined thickness, each upper portion having a generally planar exterior surface, each side wall of a thickness tapering decreasingly from the lower end thickness to the upper end thickness;
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• opposed third and fourth generally vertical side walls, each side wall having a lower end of the first predetermined thickness rigidly attached and generally orthogonal to a planar portion of the upper surface peripheral region, each side wall having an upper portion terminating in an upper end of the second predetermined thickness, each side wall of a thickness tapering decreasingly from the lower end thickness to the upper end thickness, the third and fourth side walls each generally orthogonal to the first and second side walls, the lower ends of each pair of adjacent side walls separated by a gap of a predetermined width, each gap and upper surface peripheral region proximate to the gap determining one of said troughs.

A column base for housing and supporting the lowermost portion of a wood column with a generally square cross-section of a predetermined size, the column base comprising a stanchion, the stanchion comprising:

• a solid base portion determined by opposed, generally vertical, generally planar first and second faces and opposed, generally vertical, generally planar third and fourth faces, the third and fourth faces each generally orthogonal to the first and second faces, each pair of mutually orthogonal faces contiguous along a common, generally vertical edge, each face having generally horizontal lower and upper edges, the base portion further determined by a lower surface bounded by the face lower edges and by an upper surface bounded by the face upper edges, the lower surface having an aperture determined by a generally square perimeter with radiused vertices, the upper surface having an aperture determined by a generally circular perimeter, the base portion having therethrough a symmetrically disposed cavity tapering inwardly from the square aperture to the circular aperture, the square perimeter and face lower edges bounding a generally planar lower surface peripheral region, the circular perimeter and face upper edges bounding an upper surface peripheral region, each pair of mutually orthogonal upper edges determining a radiused corner, a portion of the upper surface peripheral region proximate to each corner having an elliptically-shaped trough beveled outwardly at a predetermined downward angle, portions of the upper surface peripheral region disposed exterior to the troughs being generally planar, the faces circumscribed by a generally horizontal concrete line at a predetermined distance below the base portion upper surface;
• a generally circular flange having opposed, generally planar upper and lower surfaces generally orthogonal to the base portion faces, the flange having a circumferential outer portion with a plurality of holes therethrough and bounded by a circumferential edge, the flange outer portion having opposed U-shaped first and second knock-out shims of a first common thickness and opposed U-shaped third and fourth knock-out shims of a second common thickness, each shim having opposed first and second generally parallel legs rigidly attached to a base and separated by a gap, the base and gap determining a slot open at the circumferential edge, the shims disposed between adjacent pairs of said holes, the flange further having therethrough a generally square aperture determined by a perimeter generally congruent to the perimeter of the aperture in the base portion lower surface, the flange upper surface rigidly attached to the lower surface peripheral region of the base portion, the flange lower surface a predetermined distance below said concrete line;
• opposed first and second generally vertical side walls, each side wall having a lower end of a first predetermined thickness rigidly attached and generally orthogonal to a planar portion of the upper surface peripheral region, the side wall lower ends radiused into said planar portions, each side wall having an upper portion terminating in an upper end of a second predetermined thickness, each upper portion having a generally planar exterior surface, each side wall of a thickness tapering decreasingly from the lower end thickness to the upper end thickness;
• opposed third and fourth generally vertical side walls, each side wall having a lower end of the first predetermined thickness rigidly attached and generally orthogonal to a planar portion of the upper surface peripheral region, the side wall lower ends radiused into said planar portions, each side wall having an upper portion terminating in an upper end of the second predetermined thickness, each side wall of a thickness tapering decreasingly from the lower end thickness to the upper end thickness, the third and fourth side walls each generally orthogonal to the first and second side walls, the lower ends of each pair of adjacent side walls separated by a gap of a predetermined width, each gap and upper surface peripheral region proximate to the gap determining one of said troughs;
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• opposed first and second gussets of a common predetermined length and width, each gusset determined by generally planar exterior and interior surfaces bounded by an upper edge of a first predetermined thickness and a lower edge of a second predetermined thickness less than said first thickness, each upper edge coinciding, respectively, with the upper end of the first and second side wall upper portions, each gusset interior surface rigidly attached, respectively, to the exterior surface of the upper portion of the first and second side walls, each gusset exterior surface generally orthogonal to the flange, the combined thickness along the length of each gusset and attached side wall upper portion being about constant and about equal to said predetermined thickness of the side wall lower end.

A column base for housing and supporting the lowermost portion of a wood column with a generally square cross-section of a predetermined size, the column base comprising a stanchion, the stanchion comprising:

• a solid base portion determined by opposed, generally vertical, generally planar first and second faces and opposed, generally vertical, generally planar third and fourth faces, the third and fourth faces each generally orthogonal to the first and second faces, each pair of mutually orthogonal faces contiguous along a common, generally vertical edge, each face having generally horizontal lower and upper edges, the base portion further determined by a lower surface bounded by the face lower edges and by an upper surface bounded by the face upper edges, the lower surface having an aperture determined by a generally square perimeter with radiused vertices, the upper surface having an aperture determined by a generally circular perimeter, the base portion having therethrough a symmetrically disposed cavity tapering inwardly from the square aperture to the circular aperture, the square perimeter and face lower edges bounding a generally planar lower surface peripheral region, the circular perimeter and face upper edges bounding an upper surface peripheral region, each pair of mutually orthogonal upper edges determining a radiused corner, a portion of the upper surface peripheral region proximate to each corner having an elliptically-shaped trough beveled outwardly at a predetermined downward angle, portions of the upper surface peripheral region disposed exterior to the troughs being generally planar, the faces circumscribed by a generally horizontal concrete line at a predetermined distance below the base portion upper surface;
• a generally circular flange having opposed, generally planar upper and lower surfaces generally orthogonal to the base portion faces, the flange having a circumferential outer portion with a plurality of holes and bounded by a circumferential edge, the flange having therethrough a generally square aperture determined by a perimeter generally congruent to the perimeter of the aperture in the base portion lower surface, the flange upper surface rigidly attached to the lower surface peripheral region of the base portion, the flange lower surface a predetermined distance below said concrete line;
• opposed first and second generally vertical side walls, each side wall having a lower end of a first predetermined thickness rigidly attached and generally orthogonal to a planar portion of the upper surface peripheral region, the side wall lower ends radiused into said planar portions, each side wall having an upper portion terminating in an upper end of a second predetermined thickness, each side wall of a thickness tapering decreasingly from the lower end thickness to the upper end thickness;
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• opposed third and fourth generally vertical side walls, each side wall having a lower end of the first predetermined thickness rigidly attached and generally orthogonal to a planar portion of the upper surface peripheral region, the side wall lower ends radiused into said planar portions, each side wall having an upper portion terminating in an upper end of the second predetermined thickness, each side wall of a thickness tapering decreasingly from the lower end thickness to the upper end thickness, the third and fourth side walls each generally orthogonal to the first and second side walls, the lower ends of each pair of adjacent side walls separated by a gap of a predetermined width, each gap and upper surface peripheral region proximate to the gap determining one of said troughs.