A device for anchoring a mobile home in position above the ground. The device comprises a bracket pair which can be mounted on an existing stanchion and mobile home without requiring modification of the stanchion or removal of the stanchion from position underneath the mobile home.
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In combination with a mobile building and an anchor apparatus for the mobile building, the mobile building including a body member rigidly supported on a frame member, the frame member having a flange member extending therefrom and spaced from the body member, the anchor apparatus including
a frame having a top and a bottom anchored to the ground,
a support member contacting the flange member, the support member having first and second side surfaces, and
a neck interconnecting the frame and the support member,
the improvements for preventing movement of the flange member off of the support member, said improvements comprising an adjustable bracket assembly including
(a) a first bracket;
(b) a second bracket spaced apart from said first bracket;
and,
(c) fastening means connecting said first and second brackets;
said fastening means and brackets being shaped and dimensioned such that
(i) said fastening means inwardly compresses each of said first and second brackets toward one another and against said neck and one of said first and second side surfaces, and
(ii) said brackets prevent said flange member from moving off of said support member.
17 Feb 2014Estimated · howhidePre-1995 term; greater of 17 years from grant or 20 years from filing when eligible. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.
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Life of this patent
Term ended 17 Feb 2014 (estimated)
Priority17 Feb 1994
Granted23 Apr 1996
Term ended17 Feb 2014
Priority17 Feb 1994
Granted23 Apr 1996
Term ended17 Feb 2014
Application filedUS 08/198,143
GrantedUS 5,509,237 A
Term endedEstimated
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Description2,076 words
Summary560 words
#This invention relates to a building structure support system.
#More particularly, the invention relates to devices for anchoring a mobile home in position above the ground.
#In a further respect, the invention relates to a device for anchoring a mobile home to an existing stanchion without requiring modification of the stanchion or removal of the stanchion from position underneath the mobile home.
Detailed description1,516 words
#Briefly, in accordance with my invention, I provide improvements used in combination with a mobile home and anchor apparatus to secure the mobile building to the anchor apparatus. The mobile building includes a body member rigidly supported on a frame member. The frame member has a flange member extending therefrom and spaced apart from the body member. The anchor apparatus includes a frame having a top and a bottom anchored to the ground; a support member contacting the flange; and, a neck interconnecting the frame and the support member. The support member has first and second side surfaces. The improvement prevents movement of the flange member off of the support member and comprises an adjustable bracket assembly including a first bracket; a second bracket spaced apart from the first bracket; and fastening means connecting the first and second brackets. The fastening means and brackets are shaped and dimensioned such that the fastening means inwardly compresses each of the first and second brackets toward one another and against the neck and one of the first and second side surface; and, the brackets prevent the flange member from moving off of the support member.
#Turning now to the drawings which depict the presently preferred embodiments of the invention for the purpose of describing the operation thereof and not by way of limitation of the scope of the invention, and in which like reference characters refer to corresponding elements throughout the several views, FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrates a conventional stanchion 10 supporting the I-beam 30 which supports the floor or base 31 of a mobile home 31A. Each stanchion 10 includes a frame having a top 14 and a bottom 20 anchored to the ground by anchors 21 and nuts 22 secured to externally threaded ends of anchors 21 extending upwardly through apertures in bottom 20. Anchors 21 can, if desired, be secured in concrete poured in the ground. Legs 16, 17, 18, 19 interconnect top 14 and bottom 20. Horizontal structural supports connected to base 20 spanning and interconnecting pairs of legs 16 to 19 can, if desired, be removed. For example, the support 19A spanning the distance indicated by arrows 9 can be removed or omitted during the construction of stanchion 10. Externally threaded neck 12 slidably extends through an aperture in top 14 and through hollow cylindrical sleeve 13 attached to top 14. If desired, top 14 and sleeve 13 can be internally threaded as shown in FIG. 2 so that neck 12 can be threaded into top 14 and sleeve 13. Internally threaded nuts 15 and 15A on neck 12 are turned about neck 12 to move up and down neck 12 to facilitate the raising and lowering of neck 12 through sleeve 13 and to secure neck 12 in a desired position in sleeve 13. When nuts 15 and 15A are tightened against top 14 and sleeve 13 in the manner shown in FIG. 1, movement of neck 12 through sleeve 13 is inhibited or prevented. Neck 12 can include a lower portion 12A which is attached to a U-shaped support 28 having feet which rest on the ground outside of base 20.
#The anchor apparatus of the invention includes identical generally U-shaped clamps 23 and 23A each including a pair of apertures 25, 26 formed through the back of the clamp and including a pair of feet extending outwardly from the back of the clamp and having contact edges 35 and 36. Edges 35 and 36 need not be linear, and can be curved or have a combination of linear and arcuate portions. A pair of bolts 24 is used to interconnect clamps 23 and 23A. One bolt 24 extends through aperture 25 of clamp 23A and aperture 26 of clamp 23. The other bolt 24 extends through aperture 26 of clamp 23A and aperture 25 of clamp 23. Nuts 29 are used to secure bolts 24 in clamps 23, 23A.