Manufactured standard size dwellings having an integral base frame

Abstract

The movable manufacturing facility brings standard size home building comprehensively within a controlled factory environment. The main structure of the movable manufacturing facility is sufficiently tall to allow assembly and movement of standard size homes within. Multiple independent production lines are established to each produce portions of the dwelling in the form of subassemblies. Finishes, cabinets, appliances, roofs, paint, etc. are installed in the partially completed dwellings prior to houses leaving the production floor. The movable manufacturing facility allows a standard size home under construction to be advanced via a transport element from one production line to the next until complete. The completed homes are subsequently transported on the transport element over a controlled access roadway to individual sites with pre-constructed foundations specifically designed to accept these standard size dwellings. The standard size house can be relocated from the transport element and placed directly onto the foundation. High capacity hoisting, such as clear span bridge cranes, are the key to material handling and transportation on the production lines in the movable manufacturing facility. A drive through alley large enough to accommodate semi-trucks with loaded trailers may be located within the main structure of the movable manufacturing facility.

We claim:  
     
         1 . A dwelling comprising: 
 a) a plurality of exterior walls, each such plurality of exterior walls having a length, and    b) a metallic integral base frame, non-removable from and fixedly attached to and along at least a portion of the length of each of said plurality of exterior walls.    
     
     
         2 . The dwelling of  claim 1  further including at least one load-bearing interior wall and wherein the at least one load-bearing interior wall each has a length and said integral base frame is fixedly attached to the length of each of said at least one load-bearing interior wall.  
     
     
         3 . The dwelling of  claim 1  wherein said metallic integral base frame is comprised of connected beams.  
     
     
         4 . The dwelling of  claim 3  wherein said connected beams comprise I-beams.  
     
     
         5 . The dwelling of  claim 3  wherein said connected beams are welded to form said metallic integral base frame.  
     
     
         6 . The dwelling of  claim 4  wherein said I-beams are welded to form said metallic integral base frame.  
     
     
         7 . The dwelling of  claim 1  further including a floor assembly fixedly attached to said integral base frame.  
     
     
         8 . The dwelling of  claim 7  wherein said floor assembly surrounds said integral base frame.