Method for constructing, transporting, and installing mobile home

Abstract

A method for constructing a mobile home that minimizes the cost of transporting the mobile home, that facilitates the construction of two story mobile homes, that minimizes the cost of the construction plant used to assemble mobile homes, and that facilitates building mobile home that have elevations similar to those found in conventional residential home construction. The method utilizes orthogonal mobile home sections that are provided with roof lines of differing elevation and differing orientation with respect to the longer dimension of each section, and that assembles each of such mobile home sections by lifting components from a first separate assembly area to a second separate assembly area to lower the components into the second assembly area to construct at least the shell of the mobile home section on a mobile home carriage. The mobile home section can be finished in the second assembly area, or can be transported on its carriage to a third assembly area for paint, sheet rock, cabinets, or other desired finish work.

1 . A method for constructing a mobile home, comprising the steps of 
 (a) preparing construction plans at least first and second structural units each having 
 (i) a width and a length greater than said width,  
 (ii) a roof having 
 a portion with a cant, and  
 a principal ridge line;  
 
   (b) constructing said first and second structural units;    (c) affixing on a mobile home lot at least a first one and a second one of said structural units to form a mobile home having an elevation such that in said mobile home said principal ridge line of said first one of said structural units is offset from said principal ridge line of said second one of said structural units.    
   
   
       2 . A method for constructing a mobile home, comprising the steps of 
 (a) selecting an area of land on which to install a plurality of mobile homes, said area of land including a plurality of lots each including water, electrical, and sewer stub outs;    (b) selecting at least one of said lots on the area of land on which to build mobile homes for installation on selected ones of said mobile home lots;    (c) erecting temporary structures on said lot selected in step (b) to build floors, walls, and roofs for mobile homes;    (d) selecting on said lot an open-roofed area to assemble said floors, walls, and roofs to construct mobile homes;    (e) installing on said lot a crane to move floors, walls, and roofs constructed in said temporary structures to said open-roofed area;    (f) utilizing said crane to move said walls, roofs, and floors to said open-roofed area, selected ones of said floors each being constructed on and integrally with a carriage having ground-engaging wheels;    (g) assembling in said open-roofed area said floors, walls, and roofs to produce at least first and second mobile home sections each including walls, a roof, and a floor integrally constructed with a carriage, said first mobile home section having an elevation different from said second mobile home section, said first and second mobile home sections being constructed to mate with each other to produce a mobile home;    (h) moving said first and second mobile home sections to a selected one of said lots;    (i) mating said first and second mobile home sections at said selected one of said lots to produce a mobile home structure; and,    (j) connecting said mobile home structure to said water, electrical, and sewer stub-outs on said selected lot.    
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1  in which said principal ridge line of at least said first structural unit is normal to said length of said first structural unit.  
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1   (a) in which said mobile home lot includes water, electrical, and sewer stub outs;    (b) includes the steps of 
 (i) selecting an adjacent lot on which to build a mobile home for installation on said mobile home lot;  
 (ii) erecting on said adjacent lot temporary structures to build floors, walls, and roofs for mobile homes;  
   (c) selecting on said adjacent lot an open-roofed area to assemble said floors, walls, and roofs to construct mobile homes;    (d) installing on said adjacent lot a crane to move floors, walls, and roofs constructed in said temporary structures to said open-roofed area;    (e) utilizing said crane to move said walls, roofs, and roofs to said open-roofed area, selected ones of said floors each being constructed on and integrally with a carriage having ground-engaging wheels;    (f) assembling in said open-roofed area said floors, walls, and roofs to produce at least first and second mobile home sections each including walls, a roof, and a floor integrally constructed with a carriage, said first and second mobile home sections being constructed to mate with each other to produce a mobile home;    (g) moving said first and second mobile home sections to said mobile home lot;    (h) mating said first and second mobile home sections at said mobile home lot to product a mobile home structure; and,    (i) connecting said mobile home structure to said water, electrical, and sewer stub-outs on said selected lot.    
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1  in which at least one of said structural units is more than one story high.  
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 1  in which each of said structural units has only a single principal ridge line.  
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said length of said first one of said structural units comprising said mobile home is oriented at an angle with respect to said length of said second one of said structural units comprising said mobile home.