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US 10,161,098 B2Granted
Anchor pier for manufactured building
AssigneeOliver Technologies, Inc.
InventorsScott Oliver, John Oliver, Daniel Oliver, James Oliver
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Abstract
An anchor pier for supporting a manufactured building, in which the anchor pier includes having a shaft with a connector and a helical flight proximate a driving tip, with a brace member attached to the connector and to the manufactured building with a connector, to transfer loading between the manufactured building and the ground. A method of supporting a manufactured building is disclosed.
Claims13
An anchor pier for supporting a manufactured building, comprising:
- a shaft having a connector at a first end and a driving tip at an opposing end with at least one helical flight positioned proximate the driving tip, for driving through a surface of ground vertically beneath an elongated longitudinally extending support beam of a manufactured building to position the connector proximate the surface, for interaction of the shaft and the helical flight with the ground to communicate vertical loading between the manufactured building and the ground;
- the connector comprises:
- a U-shaped member with a base and two opposed upstanding side walls, each side wall defining an opening aligned with the opening in the opposing side wall;
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- a fastener for extending through the aligned openings of the side walls;
- a secondary support member positioned against the shaft and the connector, the secondary support member comprises a first plate for seating against the connector and a second plate for seating against the shaft during installation of the shaft and helical flight in the ground for positioning the first plate in contact with a surface of the ground and the second plate received within the ground;
- a brace member for attaching at a first end to the connector, the first end defining a pair of opposing openings for receiving the fastener therethrough, the brace member extending vertically for engaging the support beam;
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- a receiver that engages the longitudinally extending support beam of the manufactured building and engagingly receives an opposing second end of the brace member for vertically supporting the manufactured building relative to the ground,
- whereby vertical loading on the manufactured building transfers through the receiver, the brace member and the connector to the shaft and the helical flight driven into the ground below the manufactured building.
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A method of supporting a manufactured building, comprising the steps of:
- (a) positioning a secondary support member relative to a connector at a first end of a shaft of an anchor, the anchor having a driving tip at an opposing end with a helical flight positioned proximate the driving tip, the connector comprising a U-shaped member having a base and opposing side walls that define aligned openings therein, the secondary support member comprising first plate for seating against the connector and a second plate for placing against the shaft;
- (b) driving the shaft of the anchor into a ground surface vertically beneath a longitudinally extending support beam of a manufactured building and thereby moving the first plate into contact with the surface of the ground and the second plate received in the ground,
- (c) attaching with a fastener a first end of a brace member to the connector, the brace member defining opposing openings through the first end for alignment with the openings in the side walls, the brace member extending vertically therefrom;
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- (d) attaching a second end of the brace member into a receiving member attached to the support beam of the manufactured building,
- whereby the brace member being connected to the support beam transfers loading on the manufactured building to the ground through the anchor in the ground below the manufactured building.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.