Manufactured house unit

• US 5,353,558 A
• Filed: 12/23/1992
• Issued: 10/11/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fairmont Homes, Inc. (Cavco Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Fairmont Homes, Inc. (Cavco Industries Incorporated)
• Inventors: Shea, Brian J., Shea, James F. Sr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CANFIELD, ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US07/996,319
• Time in Patent Office: 657 Days
• Field of Search: 52/143, 52/79.1, 52/79.9, 52/79.12, 52/64, 52/DIG. 3, 52/DIG. 11, 52/745.2, 52/745.16, 52/79.8, 52/79.7, 52/741.4, 52/745.21
• US Class Current: 52/143
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/34336 Structures movable as a whole, e.g. mobile home structures vehicles comprising living accommodation for people, e.g. caravans, camping or like vehicles B60P3/32
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 7/20 Roofs consisting of self-supporting slabs, e.g. able to be loaded

Abstract

A manufactured house unit is provided which includes multiple separable sections which are matingly receivable to form a house at the erection site. One or more common structural members, such as the roof and/or an exterior wall, join these sections during manufacture to facilitate alignment of interior walls and features during final erection. This arrangement also facilitates transportation of the house to the dealer and/or erection site. Each section may be of different length and the towing hitch arrangement is disposed to facilitate installation of a patio or porch platform. Additional carriage elements are included under each section to enable separate transportation of each section after the common structural member is divided.

Claims

1. A manufactured house formed from a plurality of sections matingly connected to form at least one enclosure therebetween, comprising:

a first pair of sections initially formed with a common structural member that is adapted to be subsequently separated to allow movement of the sections independent of each other; and

a second pair of sections initially formed with a common structural member that is adapted to be subsequently separated to allow movement of the sections independent of each other, one section of said first pair being matable with both sections of said second pair, and one section of said second pair being matable with both sections of said first pair.

2. The process of assembling at an erection site a manufactured house unit having a first section and a second section joined by a common structural member, comprising the steps of:

cutting said common structural member to separate said first and second sections; and

moving said first and second sections relative to each other such that an enclosure is created between them.

3. The process according to claim 2, further including the step of bonding and sealing said first and second sections together.

4. The process according to claim 2, wherein said manufactured house includes a towing hitch extending longitudinally from one end thereof and including the further step of constructing a patio platform on said towing hitch.

5. The process according to claim 2, wherein said manufactured house unit includes a roof deck and further comprising the step of cutting said roof deck.

6. The process according to claim 2, wherein said manufactured house unit includes perimeter floor joists and further comprising the step of cutting said perimeter floor joists.

7. The process of assembling at an erection site a manufactured house unit having a longitudinally extending exterior side wall, an exterior end wall at each end of said exterior side wall, and two adjacent exterior end walls disposed intermediate the ends of said exterior side wall and being separated by a divisible portion of said exterior side wall, comprising the steps of:

cutting said divisible portion to separate said unit into at least two sections and to divide said exterior side wall into at least two segments;

moving said sections relative to each other such that an enclosure is created between said end walls and each segment of said exterior side wall; and

bonding and sealing each section in that position.

8. The process according to claim 7, wherein said manufactured house includes a towing hitch extending longitudinally from one end thereof and including the further step of constructing a patio platform on said towing hitch.

9. The process according to claim 7, wherein said manufactured house unit includes a roof deck and further comprising the step of cutting said roof deck.

10. The process according to claim 7, wherein said manufactured house unit includes perimeter floor joists and further comprising the step of cutting said perimeter floor joists.