Mobile home skirting

Abstract

Mobile home skirting is disclosed comprising a top track, a bottom track and a plurality of panels in said tracks, each track having a front wall and a back wall, .[.each panel having a major portion forming a front wall thereof and a minor portion forming a back wall thereof,.]. said panels arranged in edge overlapping and independently vertically slidable relationship to each other when disposed in said tracks with the front and back walls of the panels in contact, respectively, with the front and back walls of said tracks, the front wall of each panel and the front wall of .[.each.]. .Iadd.at least one .Iaddend.track .[.both.]. being formed with mutually engageable locking means for retaining said panels in said tracks, the back wall of each panel and the back wall of each track .[.both.]. being formed for free engagement relative to each other, said panels being vertically slidable in said tracks when the bottom track moves vertically in respect to the top track on account of weather changes, each panel being vertically slidable independently of the other panels when said panels are disposed in said tracks for installation or disassembly of said panels in respect to said tracks, the front wall of each panel capable of being flexed in respect to the front wall of .[.each.]. .Iadd.the respective .Iaddend.track so as to release said locking means to permit removal of said panel from the front side of said mobile home skirting.

I claim: 
     
       1. Mobile home skirting comprising a top track, a bottom track and a plurality of panels in said tracks, each track having a front wall and a back wall, each panel having a major portion forming a front wall thereof and a minor portion forming a back wall thereof, said panels arranged in edge-overlapping and independently vertically slidable relationship to each other when disposed in said tracks with the front and back walls of the panels in contact, respectively, with the front and back walls of said tracks, the front wall of each panel and the front wall of each track both being formed with mutually engageable locking means for retaining said panels in said tracks, the back wall of each panel and the back wall of each track both being formed for free engagement relative to each other, said panels being vertically slidable in said tracks when the bottom track moves vertically in respect to the top track on account of weather changes, each panel being vertically slidable independently of the other panels when said panels are disposed in said tracks for installation or disassembly of said panels in respect to said tracks, the front wall of each panel capable of being flexed in respect to the front wall of each track so as to release each locking means to permit removal of said panel from the front side of said mobile home skirting. 
     
     
       2. Mobile home skirting comprising a track having a front wall and a back wall and at least one panel in said track, said panel having a major portion forming a front wall thereof and a minor portion forming a back wall thereof, said panel disposed in said track with the front and back walls thereof in contact, respectively, with the front and back walls of said track, the front wall of said panel and the front wall of said track both being formed with mutually engageable locking means for retaining said panel in said track, the back wall of said panel and the back wall of said track both being formed for free engagement relative to each other, said panel being vertically slidable in respect to said track for installation or disassembly of said panel in respect to said track, the front wall of said panel capable of being flexed in respect to the front wall of said track so as to release said locking means to permit removal of said panel from the front side of said mobile home skirting, the front and back walls of said track being joined together and abutting each other at one end of said track, said front wall being doubly bent at locations spaced from said one end of said track so as to be spring biased toward said back wall and against the front wall of said panel. 
     
     
       3. Mobile home skirting as claimed in claim 2, the back wall of each track formed so as to serve as a pilot means to facilitate insertion of said panels into said track. .Iadd. 4. Mobile home skirting comprising a top track, a bottom track and a plurality of panels in said tracks, each track having a front wall and a back wall, each panel having a portion thereof forming a front wall and a portion thereof forming a back wall, said panels arranged in edge overlapping and independently vertically slidable relationship to each other when disposed in said tracks with the front and back walls thereof in contact, respectively, with the front and back walls of said tracks, the front wall of each panel and the front wall of at least one track being formed with mutually engageable locking means for retaining said panels in said tracks, the back wall of each panel and the back wall of each track being formed for free engagement relative to each other, said panels being vertically slidable in said tracks when the bottom track moves vertically in respect to the top track on account of weather changes, each panel being vertically slidable independently of the other panels when said panels are disposed in said tracks for installation or disassembly of said panels in respect to said tracks, the front wall of each panel capable of being flexed in respect to the front wall of the respective track so as to release said locking means to permit removal of said panel from the front side of said mobile home skirting. .Iaddend. .Iadd. 5. Mobile home skirting comprising a track having a front wall and a back wall and at least one panel in said track, said panel having a portion thereof forming a front wall and a portion thereof forming a back wall, said panel disposed in said track with the front and back walls thereof in contact, respectively, with the front and back walls of said track, the back wall of said panel and the back wall of said track both being formed for free engagement relative to each other, said panel being vertically slidable in respect to said track for installation or disassenbly of said panel in respect to said track, the front and back walls of said track being joined together and abutting each other at one end of said track, said front wall being doubly bent at locations spaced from said one end of said track so as to be spring biased toward said back wall and against the front wall of said panel. .Iaddend.