Mobile home pad construction

Claim 1

A supporting pad arrangement for a mobile home or the like having a body portion normally supported on ground engaging load supporting wheels located on opposite sides of said mobile home, said supporting pad, comprising a concrete slab formed at ground level, said concrete slab having an overall length and an overall width relatively complementing said mobile home to be received thereover, a wheel well formed within said ground and situated as to be generally between longitudinally spaced ends of said slab thereby defining forward and aft slab sections, said forward slab section comprising at least a pair of generally parallel spaced ribbon-like lane portions terminating at one end at said wheel well, each of said parallel spaced ribbon-like lane portions having a transverse width sufficient to support said load supporting wheels situated on opposite sides of said mobile home body, said parallel spaced ribbon-like lane portions being spaced from each other a distance accommodating the simultaneous support and passage thereover of said load supporting wheels as said mobile home is moved therealong toward said wheel well, at least one of said pair of said lane portions being of a width sufficient to enable the placement thereon of related support and shimming members onto which said body portion is lowered in order to be supported through said support and shimming members and on said lane portions, said wheel well being of a depth sufficient to receive therein said ground engaging wheels and enable the placement of said mobile home body portion directly in supporting relationship on said lane portions without the necessity of having to deflate said load supporting wheels, said aft slab section comprising at least a pair of generally spaced ribbonlike second lane portions terminating at one end at said wheel well, at least one of said pair of said second lane portions being of a width sufficient to enable the placement thereon of additional related support and shimming members onto which said body portion is lowered in order to be supported through said additional support and shimming members and on said second lane portions, said first mentioned lane portions terminating at their other end in a first bight portion integrally formed therewith whereby said first bight portion and said first mentioned lane portions define a first generally U-shaped configuration, said second lane portions terminating at their other end in a second bight portion integrally formed therewith whereby said second lane portions define a secoNd generally U-shaped configuration, a retainer wall formed along a longitudinal side of said forward and aft slab sections and integrally with one of said first mentioned lane portions and with one of said second lane portions, said retainer wall being of a height as to form at least a partial skirt along one side of said body when said mobile home is placed in supported relationship on said forward and aft slab sections, and a patio-like slab laid on said ground in a manner so as to have one edge thereof juxtaposed to said retainer wall and as to have the upper surface of said patio-like slab at said one edge at a height substantially equal to the height of said retainer wall, said patio-like slab having an other edge opposite to said one edge at a height substantially below the height of said retainer wall.