Patent ID: 7017925

Claim:
A portable axle and tire assembly for temporary mounting to each longitudinal beam of the frame of a manufactured building to be transported over a road, the assembly comprising: a pair of spaced-apart rims for mounting tires thereon, each rim mounted to a hub extension, which is in turn attached to a vertically aligned yolk, having an upper portion and a lower portion, the vertically aligned yolk attached at its lower portion to a corresponding end of an axle; a pair of springs and means for clamping said pair of springs to said axle at an approximate midpoint of said springs; a saddle assembly having front and rear transverse members spaced-apart a predetermined distance fore and aft of the axle, the saddle assembly further having opposite upright members attached to each of the front and rear transverse members so as to be configured for saddling and receiving the longitudinal beam of the frame of the manufactured building to be transported, and each upright member being interconnected with a corresponding longitudinal member at the upper end of each upright member; an opposite end of each of the pair of springs being attached to opposite ends of the longitudinal member juxtaposed each corresponding upright member; and means for temporarily attaching the saddle assembly to a flange of the longitudinal beam of the frame of the manufactured building to be transported.