Abstract: A method of and assembly for transporting a manufactured building using a portable axle and tire assembly for temporary mounting to each beam of the frame of a transported manufactured building, comprising a pair of rims each mounted to a hub extension, which is in turn attached to yolk. The yolk is attached to an end of an axle. A pair of springs are clamped to said axle. A saddle assembly to which the springs are attached is configured for saddling and receiving the longitudinal beam of the frame of the manufactured building being transported. Each upright member is interconnected with a corresponding longitudinal member. An opposite end of each spring is attached to opposite ends of the longitudinal member. Included are tabs for temporarily attaching the saddle assembly to a flange of the longitudinal beam.

Abstract: The invention is incorporated into a composite floor system for a building structure comprising a plurality of major transverse beams and a minor transverse beam. The major transverse beam has a greater vertical height than the minor transverse beam. The minor transverse beam is interposed between adjacent major transverse beams. A composite panel having an upper sheet member and a lower sheet member is positioned between adjacent major transverse beams with the major transverse beams supporting the upper sheet member and with the interposed minor transverse beam supporting the lower sheet member. A fastener affixes the composite panel to one of the transverse beams.

Abstract: An improved frame for transporting a building structure on a wheel assembly. The frame comprises a first and a second longitudinally extending beam with each longitudinally extending beam having a major vertical height. A first and a second structural beam defines a minor vertical height. The first and second structural beams are interposed between a front segment and a rear segment of the longitudinally extending beams. The wheel assembly is mounted to a bottom portion of the structural beams thereby lowering the vertical height of top portions of the structural beams and the longitudinally extending beams.

Abstract: An improved transverse truss is disclosed for cooperating with a first and a second longitudinally extending beam of a building structure. The transverse trust comprises a lower transverse member. A first and a second truss portion is secured to a first and a second end of the lower transverse member. A first and a second upstanding member are secured to the lower transverse member adjacent to the first and second truss portions for defining a first and a second slot therebetween. The first and the second slots receive the first and the second longitudinally extending beam. An upper transverse member is secured to the first and second truss portions for entrapping the first and second longitudinally extending beams within the first and second slots.

Abstract: An improved modular support assembly is disclosed for reinforcing an end of a transverse beam disposed upon a longitudinally extending beam of a manufactured home. The modular support comprises a truss portion comprising an upper member, a depending member and a brace. The upper member is positioned to be supported by the longitudinally extending beam. The depending member is connected to extend downwardly from the upper member. The brace interconnects the upper member and the depending members. The truss portion is connected to the transverse beam for enabling the brace to coact with the longitudinally extending beam of a manufactured home for providing a bracing between the upper member and the longitudinally extending beam for supporting the end of the transverse beam thereby.

Abstract: An improved outrigger is disclosed for a building structure having a longitudinally extending I-beam. The outrigger comprises an inner member having an upper end and a lower end and an outer member having an upper end and a lower end. A brace coacts between the lower end of the inner member and the upper end of the outer member and coacts between the upper end of the inner member and the lower end of the outer member. The inner member is connected to the I-beam.

Abstract: A lightweight, strong, economically-manufactured, and safely transportable modular unified floor assembly includes a lengthwise wooden girder beam formed with male and female ends to facilitate cooperative integration thereby to another similar floor assembly. In another aspect of the invention, the floor assembly is manufactured with a stairwell opening of selected size and at a selected location. The floor assembly even with a stairwell opening according to this invention is strong enough to be transported comfortably and safely from its point of manufacture to the site at which it is to be located for use.

Abstract: A towable unified floor frame assembly derives lengthwise strength from two elongate I-beams disposed symmetrically about a longitudinal axis. The I-beams are separated by a plurality of angle-sectioned metal cross members welded therebetween. A plurality of trusses, corresponding in number and location to the metal cross members, is disposed to support an outer perimeter and a floor thereabove. Each truss incorporates upwardly inclined bracing elements located outwardly of the I-beams connected to flat metal connecting elements individually unified to the I-beams, preferably by welding. A waterproof and dirt-excluding cover entirely covers the underneath of the floor frame assembly. Heating and ventilating ducts, power and telephone wires, water and waste pipes, thermal insulation and the like, are installed within the floor frame assembly.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composite wood and steel joist assembly in which steel channel members form a U-shaped configuration with inwardly extending portions formed at the free ends of the legs. The steel channel members forming this configuration have their open sides facing outwardly. Wooden members of rectangular cross-sectional configuration are inserted and secured within the bight of the channel members so that wood surfaces, accepting wood fasteners such as nails or staples, are presented outwardly around the complete perimeter of the joist assembly.

Abstract: An improved floor frame assembly incorporated into a mobile building. A pair of identical frame assemblies form the floor of the building each including a plurality of middle beams mounted to and atop lower beams and further including a pair of adjacent interior sidewalls attached to the middle beams and extending therebeneath being adjacent the lower beams. The exterior sidewalls are mounted to the frame assemblies. Wheeled carriages are removably mountable to the assemblies facilitating transportation of the assemblies to a building site. A skirt is permanently mounted externally to the sidewalls and extends adjacent the floor assembly. A bracket is connected to the middle beam and the bottom beam of each frame assembly and in addition is connected to a pole which supports the adjacent middle portions of the frame assemblies. The interior sidewalls are slidably received in the bracket. In an alternate embodiment, the floor frame assembly is incorporated into a floor joist.