Patent ID: 6718711
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: E02D

Abstract:
A prefabricated housing unit, defining a load, comprising:a housing shell having longitudinal and transverse lower edges, said edges defining longitudinal and transverse lower resting portions; a flexurally rigid foundation structure incorporated into and underlying said housing shell including elongate longitudinal beams spanning said longitudinal edges, wherein said lower resting portions of said longitudinal edges bear on said longitudinal beams, and elongate transverse beams spanning said transverse edges, wherein said lower resting portions of said transverse edges bear on said transverse beams, wherein said longitudinal beams and said transverse beams cooperatively define a substantially rectangular perimeter of said housing shell, wherein ends of said longitudinal beams are joined to corresponding ends of said transverse beams in a horizontal plane to form a plurality of juncture portions, wherein each of said juncture portions defines a bearing point, each of said bearing points bearing an apportioned share of said housing unit load, said longitudinal beams being substantially unsupported above the ground along their lengths between the juncture portions.