Balanced stabilization system

A stabilization system for a premanufactured building structure that includes at least one joist supported horizontally above the ground, comprising:

• a foundation platform for positioning on the ground beneath the building structure,
• a pier including a lower end portion mounted on said foundation platform and an upper end portion adapted to engage the joist and support the weight of the building structure so that the weight of the building structure rests on the foundation platform,
• the improvement therein comprising;
• said foundation platform having a body portion for receiving said pier and opposed edges, and cleat walls extending from said opposed edges at an angle with respect to said body portion for extending into the ground at said support platform,
• a strut having a length extending transverse to said cleat walls and sloped upwardly from said foundation platform and having a lower end portion mounted to said foundation platform at a position approximately equally intermediate said cleat walls and an upper end adapted to be mounted to the joist of the building structure,
• so that the forces of compression applied from the joist of the building through the strut to the support platform avoid tilting and turning of the support platform.

A stabilization system for a premanufactured building structure of the type including a pair of parallel, horizontally extending support joists, said stabilization system comprising:

• a foundation platform having a body portion for placement on the ground beneath the building structure, said foundation platform having cleat walls extending from said body portion approximately normal to said body portion for penetrating the ground,
• a strut having a length sloped upwardly from said body portion and having a lower end portion for connection to said foundation platform and an upper end for connection to a support joist of the building structure,
• a joist connector adapted for connecting said upper end of said strut to a support joist of the building structure,
• a platform connector connecting said lower end of said strut to said body portion of said foundation platform,
• said platform connector mounted to said body portion of said foundation platform between one-third and two thirds of the distance between said cleat walls of said foundation platform, and
• said cleat walls of said foundation platform extending transverse to said strut,
• so that the forces of compression applied through said strut to said foundation platform have a reduced tendency to tilt the foundation platform.

A stabilization system for a premanufactured building structure of the type having a pair of parallel support joists extending horizontally above the ground, said stabilization system comprising:

• a foundation platform for placement on the ground beneath the building structure,
• at least on strut having a length sloped upwardly from said foundation platform to a joist of the building structure, with a lower end mounted to said foundation platform and an upper end adapted to be mounted to the joist of the building structure,
• the improvement therein of said foundation platform being formed of sheet material and including a substantially flat body portion with opposed edges, said body portion adapted to rest against the ground, and panels at said opposed edges formed at an angle to said body portion forming opposed cleat walls extending approximately parallel to each other from said foundation platform and extending into the ground, said cleat walls extending transverse to the length of said strut, and
• support straps struck from said body portion adapted for mounting said strut to said body portion of said foundation platform.

A stabilization system for a premanufactured building structure having parallel horizontally extending support joists positioned above the ground, said stabilization system comprising:

• a foundation platform including a substantially flat central body portion for flat engagement with the ground beneath the building structure and cleat walls extending at an angle from said central body portion for extending into the ground,
• a pier having a lower portion mounted on said central body portion of said foundation platform and an upper portion adapted for supporting a joist of the building structure, so that the weight of the building structure is applied through the pier to the foundation platform and the cleats are maintained in the ground by the weight of the building structure,
• a diagonal strut mounted at its lower end to said foundation platform having a length sloped upwardly for connection at its upper end to a joist of the building structure so that movement of the joist of the building structure is imparted to the strut,
• at least one of said cleats walls oriented transverse to the length of said strut, so that the horizontal force applied from the strut to the foundation platform is resisted by said one cleat without the application of horizontal force to the pier.