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Mobile habitable container

  • US 4,841,897 A
  • Filed: 01/04/1988
  • Issued: 06/27/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/04/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A mobile habitable container, said container to be functional in two mutually exclusive modes, the transformation between said modes requiring 90 degree rotation about an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of said container comprising:

  • A. A set of highway wheels attached to one long side whose dimensions are less than or equal to maximum legal highway width X length;

    B. A highway trailer mode as one of said two mutually exclusively modes conforming to all dimensional and weight limit restrictions for legal use on U.S. Highways without the need for an oversize permit;

    C. A habitat mode as the other of said two mutually exclusive modes, in which a wide habitat width dimension is less than or equal to the maximum legal highway height dimension, in which said wide habitat'"'"'s height dimension is less than or equal to the maximum legal highway width dimension and in which said wide habitat'"'"'s length dimension is less than or equal to the maximum legal highway length dimension;

    D. Means for rotating said container back and forth 90 degrees about an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of said container the purpose of said 90 degree rotation to be to change back and forth between two said mutually exclusive modes; and

    E. A composite outer shell for said container to be watertight and buoyant.

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