Locking brace for uniting mobile home sections through their undercarriage I-beams
OwnerUrban Miyares, Clayton M. Chong +1inventors
InventorsUrban Miyares, Clayton M. Chong, Arthur Angelo
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Abstract
A support system, which has support/brace units, for restraining the several mobile sections through their undercarriage I-beams of a mobile or manufactured home, against lateral movement during ground movement, tremors or vibrations. The support system includes a plurality or series of support/brace units, wherein each support unit comprises a pair of vertically adjustable piers clampingly interconnected to a horizontal tie-rod at the junction of two parallel and adjacent I-beams from separate mobile sections. In an alternative embodiment, a single tie-rod may unite two piers at their collars while the piers vertically support adjacently parallel I-beams.
Claims5
A support unit for restraining the lateral movement of abutted mobile home sections and two undercarriage I-beams of a mobile home, wherein the support unit comprises a pair of vertically adjustable and identical piers, each said pier being adapted to seat beneath a single I-beam, wherein each of said piers has a square base, stanchions extending upwardly therefrom, a horizontal pad attached to the upper end of each of said stanchions, wherein said pad has a non-rotatable hex nut that supports a threaded rod, and a two part clamp disposed at the top of said rod to engage a bottom flange of the I-beam thereabove, said support unit being further defined by a tie-rod assembly having adjustably threaded rods disposed at opposite ends thereof, and said tie-rod assembly being transversely situated between adjacent I-beams while in alignment with said piers therebeneath, said tie-rod assembly being secured to each said two I-beams by engaging said two part clamp with each of the threaded rods of said tie-rod assembly.
A support unit for restraining the lateral movement of abutted mobile home sections and two undercarriage I-beams of a mobile home, wherein the support unit comprises a pair of vertically adjustable and identical piers, each said pier being adapted to seat beneath a single I-beam wherein each of said piers has a square base, stanchions extending upwards therefrom, a horizontal pad attached to the upper end of said stanchions, wherein said pad has a non-rotatable hex nut affixed thereon that supports a threaded rod, a cylindrical collar containing an intermediately situated threaded aperture and a hex nut disposed atop said collar, and a two part clamp directly above and engaging the bottom portion of said I-beam thereabove, said support unit being further defined by a tie-rod assembly having adjustably threaded rods disposed at opposite ends thereof, and said tie-rod being transversely positioned between adjacent I-beams while being connected at the threaded aperture of each said pier collar.
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