Patent ID: 11920316
Assignee: OLIVER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  Y | IPC E

Claim 5:
6. A method of supporting a manufactured building, comprising the steps of:
(a) driving a shaft into a ground surface beneath an elongated support beam of a manufactured building, the shaft having a driving tip at one end with a helical flight positioned proximate the driving tip, for interaction of the shaft and the helical flight with the ground to communicate vertical loading between the manufactured building and the ground;
(b) attaching a plate to a first end of a shaft comprising the steps of:
attaching a mating member attached to a bottom surface of the plate;
attaching a U-shaped connector member to the first end of the shaft, said U-shaped connector member comprising a base attached to the first end of the shaft and opposing upstanding side walls; and
the connector member receiving the mating member;
said bottom surface of the plate for being in contact with the ground surface;
(c) stacking a plurality of blocks on the plate upwardly towards the support beam; and
(d) wedging an at least one spacer on an upper surface of the stack of blocks in contacting relation to a bottom surface of the elongate support beam,
whereby the shaft and the helical flight transfer vertical loading on the manufactured building through the spacer and the stack of block to the ground below the manufactured building.