Support system for premanufactured buildings
OwnerCharles J. MacKarvichinventor
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Abstract
A support device for a premanufactured structure can include a support platform; a connector coupled to the support platform with a device fastener, the device fastener configured to adjust, upon tightening, a connector offset distance defined between the connector and the support platform; and a plurality of struts coupled to the connector and configured to be coupled to the premanufactured structure, each of the plurality of struts coupled to the connector and configured to transfer a portion of the weight of the premanufactured structure to the support platform via the connector.
Claims33
A support device for a premanufactured structure, the support device comprising:
- a support platform;
- a connector coupled to the support platform with a device fastener, the device fastener configured to adjust, upon tightening, a connector offset distance defined between the connector and the support platform;
- and
- a plurality of struts coupled to the connector and configured to be coupled to the premanufactured structure, each of the plurality of struts coupled to the connector and configured to transfer a portion of a weight of the premanufactured structure to the support platform via the connector.
A support system comprising:
- a plurality of support devices configured to fully support a weight of a premanufactured structure, each of the plurality of support devices comprising:
- a support platform;
- a connector coupled to the support platform with a device fastener, the device fastener configured to adjust, upon tightening, a connector offset distance defined between the connector and the support platform;
- and
- a plurality of struts coupled to the connector and configured to be coupled to the premanufactured structure.
A method of using a support system for a premanufactured structure, the method comprising:
- placing a support device of the support system on ground beneath a load-carrying portion of a frame of the premanufactured structure, the support device comprising:
- a support platform;
- a connector coupled to the support platform with a device fastener;
- a plurality of struts coupled to the connector;
- and
- adjusting an effective height of the support device to increase or decrease loading on the support device by adjusting, upon tightening of the device fastener, a connector offset distance defined between the connector and the support platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.