Dayton-walther Corporation

Alan D Foster

A mobile home jack and coupler assembly is adapted for mounting to the A-frame or tongue of a mobile home. Both top mounted coupler assembly and inverted bottom mounted coupler assembly are disclosed. Each includes a screw jack which mounts from underneath. The screw jack carries, adjacent its lower end, a mounting plate which is received in underlying relation to a portion of the coupler, while the upper end thereof extends through a guide plate above the coupler. The mounting plate on the jack is welded to the jack body by an underlying weld, with the result that the tongue weight of the mobile home is carried directly by the jack support plate in compression, rather than in tension, and the compressive force is transferred by the underlying weld, also in compression, to the jack body. As a result, jack mounting screws do not carry the tongue weight applied to the jack, and greater tongue loads can more safely be carried.

Coupler and jack assembly

An offset spindle and spindle support for a mobile home axle is disclosed, in which the wheel spindle is vertically offset with respect to a conventional axle tube. The offset support comprises a generally cup-shaped stamping and utilizes the backing plate of the brake to form a box-section, low-cost high strength offset support for a forged wheel spindle.

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Adrian, MI, United States of America

Alan D Foster