1. Field of the Invention
The invention generally relates to devices for supporting loads and more particularly to a load-leveling base for supporting an adjustably positioned load such as a refrigerator of the type frequently employed in trailers, campers, motor homes, recreational vehicles and the like.
2. Description of the Prior Art
As can be appreciated by those familiar with the design, fabrication and use of absorption refrigerators, liquid coolant circulated therethrough percolates to the top and then gravitates to the bottom of the cooling coil. If the refrigerator is not maintained in a leveled disposition percolation may be interrupted whereupon the cooling unit may sustain permanent damage. Hence, it is highly desirable that refrigerators of the absorption type be maintained in a leveled disposition throughout their operation.
Of course, maintenance of a leveled disposition for a refrigerator within a recreational vehicle, such as a trailer, camper, motor home or the like often is achieved by first leveling the refrigerator in relation to the vehicle and thereafter leveling the vehicle upon parking. Because of the vehicles inherent mobility, operators frequently are burdened with a relatively difficult task since leveling of the vehicle is required upon each parking in order to assure that the refrigerator contained therein oriented in a properly leveled disposition. Hence, the utility of recreational vehicles of the aforementioned type tends to be impaired because of the time required to achieve a leveling of the vehicle, following each use thereof.
It is, therefore, the general purpose of the instant invention to provide an improved load supporting base adapted to be installed in recreational vehicles and employed for rapidly leveling and supporting loads such as absorption-type refrigerators, which is simple in design, economic to fabricate and practical to use.