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.
A floor joist comprising: a plurality of horizontal lower beams with opposite ends; a pluraity of vertical members mounted to and atop said lower beams; a plurality of horizontal upper beams mounted to and atop said vertical members, said upper beams have ends located outwardly of said ends of said lower beams; a plurality of cross braces with opposite ends attached to said vertical members, said cross braces being attached to said lower beams and extending upwardly and outwardly toward sad ends of said upper beams being attached to said upper beams; a pair of floor runners extending perpendicular to said lower beams and being in contact with said ends of said lower beams, vertical supports extending down from said ends of said upper beams and resting atop said floor runners; end walls extending between said upper beams and said lower beams; and, a floor mounted atop and to said upper beams providing a support surface for receiving stacked items thereatop.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A floor joist comprising: a plurality of horizontal lower beams with opposite ends; a pluraity of vertical members mounted to and atop said lower beams; a plurality of horizontal upper beams mounted to and atop said vertical members, said upper beams have ends located outwardly of said ends of said lower beams; a plurality of cross braces with opposite ends attached to said vertical members, said cross braces being attached to said lower beams and extending upwardly and outwardly toward sad ends of said upper beams being attached to said upper beams; a pair of floor runners extending perpendicular to said lower beams and being in contact with said ends of said lower beams, vertical supports extending down from said ends of said upper beams and resting atop said floor runners; end walls extending between said upper beams and said lower beams; and, a floor mounted atop and to said upper beams providing a support surface for receiving stacked items thereatop.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The floor joist of claim 1 wherein: said lower beams are spaced upwardly from ground by said floor runners; said floor joist has a length extending in the direction of the length of said lower beams and said upper beams; said cross braces each have a length less than one-third said length of said floor joist; and, said cross braces are located only in the outer one-third portions of said floor joist.