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Title: Mobile home enclosure



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Claims: What is claimed is:

1. An improved building structure housing two independent living areas, said structure comprising:

a. a permanent shell forming the first of said two independent areas and having:

i. a foundation;

ii. a pair of spaced, parallel side walls extending upwardly from said foundation and supporting a roof between the upper edges thereof;

iii. a horizontal floor panel extending between said side walls at a level intermediate said roof and said foundation, means for enclosing the space above the floor panel at the ends thereof, thereby forming the space beneath said roof and between said side walls into an upper and lower portion;

iv. a self-contained separate living area above said horizontal floor panel having at least kitchen, bathroom and sleeping facilities therein;

v. said side walls spaced apart a distance greater than the width of said mobile home, and further including a longitudinally extending, vertical partition arranged in parallel spaced relationship with one of said side walls, between said one side wall and said mobile home to form a space therebetween in which a set of stairs from the outside are provided;

b. a self-contained, conventionally available mobile home forming the second of said two independent areas and including end walls, side walls, a floor and ceiling, and kitchen, bathroom, and sleeping facilities therein, said mobile home being removably positioned beneath said horizontal floor panel between said vertical partition and the other of said side walls;

c. said shell and mobile home having separate entrances.

2. The structure according to claim 1 wherein said side walls are at least as long as said mobile home.

3. The structure according to claim 1 wherein an entrance is provided to said mobile home in at least one of said end walls of said mobile home.

4. The building structure according to claim 1 wherein said mobile home comprises a sprinkler system installed in the ceiling thereof, said sprinkler system being automatically activated when the heat therein rises above a prescribed level.

5. The structure according to claim 1 wherein said mobile home includes a heating and air conditioning ductwork, said ductwork being arranged adjacent the ceiling of said mobile home rather than along the walls or in the floor.

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Inventors: Moore, Jr., Augustus Beamon (Wilmington, NC, US)

Application Number: 762840
Filing Date: 1977-01-27
Publication_date: 1978-03-14
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 52/79.1 52/168, 52/185, 52/236.3, 169/62, D25/22
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:
1079152Nov, 1913Stentzel52/169.
2499498Mar, 1950Hammon, Jr.52/67.
2527012Oct, 1950Kinsman52/143.
2840866Jul, 1958Paulsen52/67.
2893066Jul, 1959Perdue296/23.
3016583Jan, 1962Grunt et al.52/67.
3492767Feb, 1970Pincus52/79.
3612589Oct, 1971Loche, Jr.296/23.
3678639Jul, 1972Panitz52/79.
3769765Nov, 1973Wright52/143.
3993139Nov, 1976Vaughn239/209.

Other Refs: 1,152,526
Aug, 1963DT
Other References: House and Home, "What's So Good About Splits?" Feb. 1955, p. 145.