Mobile home underframe construction

• US 3,254,914 A
• Filed: 05/26/1965
• Issued: 06/07/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Allen R. Steck
• Original Assignee: Allen R. Steck
• Inventors: Steck, Allen R.
• Application Number:
  US04/465,818
• Time in Patent Office: 377 Days
• US Class Current: 52/143
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 21/20 trailer type, i.e. a frame specifically constructed for use in a non-powered vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 53/06 Semi-trailers

Claims

2. A TRAILER STRUCTURE COMPRISING:

A PAIR OF TRANSVERSELY SPACED METAL BEAMS EACH EXTENDING GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY, EACH HAVING A PAIR OF FLANGES HAVING UPPER AND LOWER SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SURFACES GENERALLY IN HORIZONTAL PLANES, AND EACH HAVING AN ELONGATED WEB JOINING SAID PAIR OF FLANGES AND EACH SAID WEB HAVING ITS SIDE SURFACES GENERALLY IN VERTICAL PLANES;

A PLURALITY OF UPPER WOODEN MEMBERS EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY AND GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE METAL BEAMS, AND RESTING ON AND SECURED TO THE UPPER SURFACES OF BOTH OF THE METAL BEAMS;

A PLURALITY OF LOWER WOODEN MEMBERS EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY AND GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE METAL BEAMS, HAVING THEIR ENDS EXTENDING BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER FLANGES OF THE METAL BEAMS, HAVING SAID ENDS RESTING ON THE UPPER SURFACES OF THE LOWER FLANGES OF SAID METAL BEAMS, AND EACH POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY BELOW AND THUS ALIGNED WITH ONE OF SAID FIRST MENTIONED WOODEN MEMBERS;

MEANS, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY EXTENDING GUSSETS EACH SECURED TO ONE UPPER WOODEN MEMBER AND TO ITS VERTICALLY ALIGNED LOWER WOODEN MEMBER FOR SECURING EACH SAID PAIR OF ALIGNED WOODEN MEMBERS TOGETHER;

MEANS COMPRISING A COVER SECURED TO THE UPPER SURFACES OF ALL OF SAID UPPER WOODEN MEMBERS FOR SECURING SAID MEMBERS TOGETHER;

WHEELS SUPPORTING SAID METAL BEAMS;

SIDE AND END WALLS SUPPORTED ON SAID COVER;

A ROOF SUPPORTED ON SAID SIDE AND END WALLS;

AND MEANS COMPRISING A TOW BAR FOR DRAWING SAID STRUCTURE ON SAID WHEELS.