Mobile home foundation and method
OwnerDanny J. Richardinventor
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Abstract
A mobile home and foundation system and method. The method includes providing a plurality of elongated concrete slabs having a pair of beveled edge surfaces. The plurality of elongated concrete slabs are placed within elongated ditches formed in the ground and to which the mobile home is secured. A fastener assembly is secured to the concrete slabs and a constraint device is connected to the fastener assembly. The foundation system includes a plurality of elongated slabs having a beveled edge.
Claims10
A foundation system for supporting a mobile home, the mobile home having a living unit supported with a first steel beam and a second steel beam on an underside of said mobile home, said first and second steel beam being positioned along a longitudinal axis of the mobile home, said mobile home having wheels for transporting the mobile home, said foundation system comprising:
- a plurality of elongated concrete slabs, each of said concrete slabs having a bottom surface, a pair of side surfaces, a pair of end surfaces, a top surface and a pair of edge surfaces, each of said edge surfaces extending between said top surface and one of said side surfaces, wherein each elongated concrete slab is embedded in a rectangular box-shaped ditch so that at least a portion of the edges are exposed with a low profile, and wherein the low profile of said exposed edge allows the wheels of the mobile home to be rolled over;
- and wherein said plurality of elongated concrete slabs are placed in a first row and a second row transverse to the longitudinal axis of said mobile home's first steel beam and said second steel beam.
A method for forming a mobile home foundation, said mobile home having living facilities mounted on a steel beam frame, and wheels for transporting the mobile home, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of elongated concrete slabs comprising a bottom surface, a pair of side surfaces, a pair of end surfaces, and a top surface;
- digging a plurality of elongated ditches in the ground to which the mobile home is to be positioned, said elongated ditches being at a depth that will cover at least a portion of said side surfaces, said elongated ditches being dug in the ground traverse to the longitudinal axis of the mobile home, and wherein said elongated ditches contain said elongated concrete slabs and wherein said elongated concrete slabs are approximately the width of said mobile home and which are substantially parallel to each other and which are spaced a predetermined distance apart along the length of the mobile home;
- placing said elongated concrete slabs in said elongated ditches at a depth such that at least the top surface is exposed;
- rolling the wheels of the mobile home over said top surface of said elongated concrete slabs;
- positioning the mobile home over said concrete slabs so that said elongated concrete slabs situated underneath a portion of said steel beam frame;
- placing a support system between said mobile home and said concrete slabs so that said steel beam frame of said mobile home rest on said support system.
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