Building system for manufactured homes
AssigneeStackhouse, Inc.
InventorsJanelle Leann Briggs, Ryan Timothy Egan, Randel Jacob
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Abstract
A multi-story building (200) is described for manufactured homes (212) such as container homes. The building (200) includes a ground floor (202), a number of intermediate floors (204), and a top floor (206). The building (200) includes a throughway (208) on the ground floor (202) that allows passage of a transportation vehicle (210) such as a flatbed truck carrying a manufactured home (212). The transportation vehicle (210) can use the throughway (208) to position the manufactured home (212) in alignment with a hoistway (214). A hoist mounted on the roof (216) can then be used to hoist the home (212) to a desired floor (204 or 206).
Claims22
A system for supporting one or more manufactured homes in a residential environment, each of said manufactured homes having an internal living space built on a structural frame, having a frame bottom, where the structural frame allows the manufactured home to be lifted and moved, said manufactured home having at least one doorway, where a doorway bottom of said doorway is vertically offset from said frame bottom, said system comprising:
- a platform having an upper surface for providing access to said one or more manufactured homes;
- and
- a dock, disposed in said platform, for receiving a first manufactured home, said dock including dock structure defining a recess relative to said platform configured such that, when said first manufactured home including said frame bottom is disposed in said recess, said doorway bottom is no lower than said upper surface of said platform.
A method for placing one or more manufactured homes in a residential environment, each of said manufactured homes having an internal living space built on a structural frame, having a frame bottom, where the structural frame allows the manufactured home to be lifted and moved, said manufactured home having at least one doorway, where a doorway bottom of said doorway is vertically offset from said frame bottom, said method comprising:
- providing a residential structure including a platform having an upper surface for providing access to one or more manufactured homes and a dock, disposed in said platform, for receiving a first manufactured home, said dock including dock structure defining a recess relative to the platform configured such that, when said first manufactured home including said frame bottom is disposed in said recess, said doorway bottom is no lower than said upper surface of said platform;
- transporting said manufactured home to said residential structure on a transportation vehicle;
- removing said manufactured home from said transportation vehicle;
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- positioning said manufactured home in said recess of said dock structure.
-73. (canceled)
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