Stabilizer for mobile homes

Claim 2

A stabilizer for a mobile home or similar structure which comprises a ground anchor adapted to be secured in the ground, a base member adapted to rest on the ground and secured to the upper end of the ground anchor, telescoped strut means supported on the base member and extending therefrom into supporting relation with the mobile home, means holding the strut means in extended relation under a predetermined maximum load but accommodating shortening and lengthening of the strut means under excess loads, and tension cable means extending upwardly from the base member to pull the mobile home downwardly whereby loads applied to the base member from the strut means tending to depress the base member into the ground are resisted by the tension cable means and loads tending to raise the base member are resisted by the ground anchor.

Claim 3

A stabilizer and ground anchor for cooperating with foundations of building constructions to resist movement of the constructions on the foundations which comprises a pile member adapted to be driven in the ground, a compaction base mounted on the upper end of the pile member adapted to rest on the ground, extensible strut means supported on the compaction base and supporting a building construction outwardly from its foundation, tension cables extending upwardly and outwardly from the compaction base anchored to the building construction, and means adjusting the struts to yield under excess tension or compression loads.

Claim 4

A stabilizer and ground anchor for cooperating with foundations of building constructions to resist movement of the constructions on the foundations which comprises a pile member adapted to be driven in the ground, a compaction base mounted on the upper end of the pile member adapted to rest on the ground, extensible strut means supported on the compaction base and supporting a building construction outwardly from its foundation, tension cables extending upwardly and outwardly from the compaction base anchored to the building construction, and means adjusting the struts to yield under excess tension or compression loads.

Claim 5

An anchor and stabilizer system for building constructions resting on foundations which comprises a pair of anchor devices driven in the ground on opposite sides of the building construction outwardly from the foundations, compaction base members secured on the upper ends of the anchors adapted to rest on the ground, extensible struts supported on the compaction bases and supporting the building construction outwardly from the foundations, means adjusting the extensible struts to elongate or shorten when subjected to loads exceeding a predetermined setting, a tie-down cable extending over the roof of the building construction and anchored at its ends to the anchor devices on opposite sides of the building construction, and pairs of upwardly inclined diverging tension cables extending from each compaction base into anchored relation with the building construction, said pairs of cables coacting with the struts to hold the compaction bases on the ground and said pile members preventing shifting of the compaction bases on the ground whereby the tie-down cable will anchor the building construction to the ground, the struts will cooperate with the foundation means to stabilize the supporting of the construction on the ground and the pairs of tension cables will coact with the struts to prevent the compaction bases from sinking in the ground.

Claim 6

An anchor and stabilizer system for building constructions resting on foundations which comprises a pair of anchor devices driven in the ground on opposite sides of the building construction outwardly from the foundations, compaction base members secured on the upper ends of the anchors adapted to rest on the ground, extensible struts supported on the compaction bases and supporting the building construction outwardly from the foundations, means adjusting the extensible struts to elongate or shorten when subjected to loads exceeding a predetermined setting, a tie-down cable extending over the roof of the building construction and anchored at its ends to the anchor devices on opposite sides of the building construction, and pairs of upwardly inclined diverging tension cables extending from each compaction base into anchored relation with the building construction, said pairs of cables coacting with the struts to hold the compaction bases on the ground and said pile members preventing shifting of the compaction bases on the ground whereby the tie-down cable will anchor the building construction to the ground, the struts will cooperate with the foundation means to stabilize the supporting of the construction on the ground and the pairs of tension cables will coact with the struts to prevent the compaction bases from sinking in the ground.

Claim 9

The stabilizer of claim 1 wherein the mobile home or similar structure has a longitudinal frame with outrigger frames projecting laterally outward therefrom, the tension cable means are anchored to the longitudinal frame and the strut means are anchored to the outer ends of the outrigger frames.

Claim 10

The stabilizer of claim 5 wherein a beam spans adjacent outrigger frames and the strut means are attached to the beam.

Claim 11

The stabilizer of claim 1 wherein the strut means comprise a pair of struts each having telescoped tubes respectively anchored to the base member and the mobile home.

Claim 12

The stabilizer of claim 1 wherein the base member mounts a sleeve and the ground anchor slides through this sleeve and is secured thereto at a desired level.

Claim 13

The stabilizer of claim 2 including a tie-down cable secured to the pile member and acting on the upper portion of the building construction to pull the construction down on its foundation.

Claim 14

The stabilizer of claim 2 wherein the compaction base is a pair of angle plates having vertical flanges in spaced relation and base horizontal flanges extending outwardly therefrom and the pile member and strut means extend between the vertical flanges and are anchored thereto.

Claim 15

The stabilizer of claim 2 wherein the base member is a flat plate resting on the ground and the strut means is secured to the top face of the base member.

Claim 16

The stabilizer of claim 3 wherein the compaction base members have the anchor devices slidable therethrough and locked therewith at a desired level.

Claim 17

The anchor device of claim 3 wherein the building construction has laterally extending frames in spaced relation, a beam underlies the outer ends of these frames and the extensible struts are secured to the beams.

Claim 18

The stabilizer of claim 13 wherein the extensible struts include a pair of struts diverging from the compaction base.

Claim 19

The stabilizer of claim 4 wherein the strut means has an outer tube slidably receiving a slotted inner tube and a torque nut and bolt assembly frictionally connects the inner tube to the outer tube.