Patent ID: 6931798

Claim:
A modular protection device for selectively receiving and protecting mobile home underpinning, said device comprising: an elongated trough having a first end and a second end, said first and second ends being open, said elongated trough including a bottom wall, a front wall and a back wall each extending between the first and second ends, said trough having an open top side defining a channel for selectively receiving a bottom edge of the underpinning, a foot being attached to and extending outwardly from said front wall, wherein a plurality of troughs are provided; a coupler assembly for selectively coupling a pair of said troughs together, said coupler assembly including at least one female mating section extending into each of the said first ends and at least one male mating section being attached to and extending outwardly from each of the second ends, said male and female mating sections being positioned such that said channels are aligned when said male and female mating sections are coupled together; and, said female mating sections each include a downwardly extending catch and said male mating sections each include an upwardly extending catch for frictionally engaging said downwardly extending catch.