Mobile home

• US 5,934,026 A
• Filed: 03/27/1998
• Issued: 08/10/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Blake Green
• Original Assignee: Blake Green
• Inventors: Green, Blake
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Glessner, Brian E.
• Application Number:
  US09/049,615
• Time in Patent Office: 501 Days
• Field of Search: 52/79.5, 52/67, 52/143, 52/126.5, 296/25, 296/26.01
• 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

Abstract

A road transportable home consisting of a floor having a drop floor aperture therethrough; a drop floor, the drop floor being fitted so that it may underlie the drop floor aperture; and a series of slide shafts and slide sleeves capable of movably attaching the drop floor to the floor so that the drop floor may travel between a first position and a second position, the first position having an elevation below that of the floor, the second position having an elevation above that of the first position, the slide shafts and slide sleeves interconnecting the drop floor and the floor.

Claims

1. A road transportable home comprising:

(a) a main floor having a drop floor aperture therethrough;

(b) a drop living space floor, the drop living space floor comprising a frame, a plurality of floor joists spanning across the frame, and decking overlying the floor joists, the drop living space floor being fitted so that it may underlie the drop floor aperture; and

(c) drop floor mounting means capable of movably attaching the drop floor to the floor so that the drop living space floor may travel between a first position and a second position, the first position having an elevation below that of the main floor, the second position having an elevation above that of the first position, the drop floor mounting means interconnecting the drop living space floor and the floor.

2. The road transportable home of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of walls fixedly attached to and extending upwardly from the main floor, and an upper floor fixedly attached to at least two of the walls and positioned thereon so that the upper floor overlies the drop floor aperture, the upper floor having an elevation above the elevation of the main floor.

3. The road transportable home of claim 2, further comprising a stair fixedly attached to an extending upwardly from the drop living space floor, the stair being positioned to provide access to the drop living space floor from the main floor while the drop living space floor is at its first position.

4. The road transportable home of claim 2, further comprising a stair fixedly attached to and extending downwardly from the main floor, the stair being positioned to provide access to the drop living she floor from the main floor while the drop living space floor is at its first position.

5. The road transportable home of claim 3, further comprising a lower split level room and an upper split level room, each split level room having a floor, the floor of the lower split level room comprising the drop living space floor, the floor of the upper split level room comprising the upper floor.

6. The road transportable home of claim 4, further comprising a lower split level room and an upper split level room, each split level room having a floor, the floor of the lower split level room comprising the drop living space floor, the floor of the upper split level room comprising the upper floor.

7. The road transportable home of claim 5, wherein the drop floor mounting means comprises a drop floor aperture frame and a plurality of slide joints, the drop floor aperture frame being fixedly attached to the main floor and the slide joints slidably interconnecting the drop floor aperture frame and the drop floor frame.

8. The road transportable home of claim 6, wherein the drop floor mounting means comprises a drop floor aperture frame and a plurality of slide joints, the drop floor aperture frame being fixedly attached to the main floor and the slide joints slidably interconnecting the drop floor aperture frame and the drop floor frame.

9. The road transportable home of claim 7, wherein the slide joints comprise a plurality of slide shafts fixedly attached to and extending upwardly from the drop floor frame.

10. The road transportable home of claim 8, wherein the slide joints comprise a plurality of slide shafts fixedly attached to and extending upwardly from the drop floor frame.

11. A road transportable double wide home section comprising:

(a) a main floor having a drop floor slot therethrough;

(b) a drop living space floor, the drop living space floor comprising a frame, a plurality of floor joists spanning across the frame, and decking overlying the floor joists, the drop living space floor being fitted so that it may underlie the drop floor slot; and

(c) drop floor mounting means capable of movably attaching the drop living space floor to the main floor so that the drop living space floor may travel between a first position and a second position, the first position having an elevation below that of the main floor, the second position having an elevation above that of the first position, the drop living space floor mounting means interconnecting the drop living space floor and the main floor.

12. The road transportable double wide home section of claim 11, further comprising a plurality of walls fixedly attached to and extending upwardly from the main floor, and an upper floor fixedly attached to at least two of the walls and positioned thereon so that the upper floor overlies the drop floor slot, the upper floor having an elevation above the elevation of the main floor.

13. The road transportable double wide home section of claim 12, further comprising a stair fixedly attached to and extending upwardly from the drop living space floor, the stair being positioned to provide access to the drop living space floor from the main floor while the drop living space floor is at its first position.

14. The road transportable double wide home section of claim 12, further comprising a stair fixedly attached to and extending downwardly from the main floor, the stair being positioned to provide access to the drop living space floor from the floor while the drop living space floor is at its first position.

15. The road transportable double wide home section of claim 13, further comprising a lower split level room section and a split level room section, each split level room section having a split level room floor, the split level room floor of the lower split level room section comprising the drop living space floor, the split level room floor of the upper split level room section comprising the upper floor.

16. The road transportable double wide home section of claim 14, further comprising a lower split level room section and an upper split level room section, each split level room section having a split level floor, the split level floor of the lower split level room section comprising the drop living space floor, the split level room floor of the upper split level room section comprising the upper floor.

17. The road transportable double wide home section of claim 15, wherein the drop floor mounting means comprises a drop floor slot frame and a plurality of slide joints, the drop floor slot frame being fixedly attached to the main floor and the slide joints slidably interconnecting the drop floor slot frame and the drop floor frame.

18. The road transportable double wide home section of claim 16, wherein the drop floor mounting means comprises a drop floor slot frame and a plurality of slide joints, the drop floor slot frame being fixedly attached to the main floor and the slide joints slidably interconnecting the drop floor slot frame with the drop floor frame.

19. The road transportable double wide home section of claim 17, wherein the slide joints comprise a plurality of slide shafts fixedly attached to and extending upwardly from the drop floor frame.

20. The road transportable double wide home section of claim 18, wherein the slide joints comprise a plurality of slide shafts fixedly attached to and extending upwardly from the drop floor frame.