Patent ID: 6334279
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: E04G,Y10S

Abstract:
A manufactured home including:a main beam including: an upper end; a vertical web; and a lower end; a transverse floor joist supported by said upper end of said main beam; said joist including: an outer end that is distal from said beam; and an outrigger spanning between said lower end of said beam and said outer end of said joist for supporting said outer end of said joist; said outrigger having a longitudinal axis and comprising: an elongate central portion including: a lower end supported by the lower end of the beam such that said outrigger can exert a force along said longitudinal axis of said outrigger on said beam; an upper end including: a joist connector supported by said outer end of said joist such that said outrigger can exert a force along said longitudinal axis of said outrigger on said outer end of said joist; and length adjustment means for adjusting the length of said central portion such that said outrigger can exert a large force along said longitudinal axis of said outrigger.