Patent ID: 6035590
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
In a manufactured home having a multiplicity of transverse beams extending in a substantially parallel relationship with a first and a second peripheral beam connected to opposed ends of each of said multiplicity of transverse beams,the improvement comprising:said fist and second peripheral beams extending downwardly from said multiplicity of transverse beams for supporting the manufactured home relative to the ground;each of the first and second peripheral beams comprising an upper horizontal beam and a lower horizontal beam with a plurality of vertical beams vertically spacing said upper horizontal beam relative to said lower horizontal beam and with a plurality of diagonal beams interconnecting said upper horizontal beams to said lower horizontal beam to provide a first and second peripheral truss beam; andsaid first and second peripheral beams spacing said multiplicity of transverse beams of said manufactured home from the ground surface with each of said first and second peripheral beams occupying a majority of a vertical dimension between said multiplicity of transverse beams of the manufactured home and the ground when said first and second peripheral beams are supporting the manufactured home relative to the ground.