Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Specified terranean relationship – Mobile home skirt
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-19
2002-01-22
Friedman, Carl D. (Department: 3635)
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Specified terranean relationship
Mobile home skirt
C052S169100, C052S169140
Reexamination Certificate
active
06339904
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to dwelling skirts and more particularly pertains to a new skirt for a raised dwelling for restricting movement of air under a raised dwelling.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of dwelling skirts is known in the prior art. More specifically, dwelling skirts heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 3,343,326; U.S. Pat. No. 3,351,180; U.S. Pat. No. 3,589,085; U.S. Pat. No. 3,256,655; U.S. Pat. No. 4,107,888; and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 355,494.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new skirt for a raised dwelling. The inventive device includes a panel. The panel has a front side and a back side. The panel has a top edge and a bottom edge. The panel is corrugated such that pleat folds are defined. The pleat folds have ridge and valley lines orientated generally parallel to the top edge of the panel. The panel has a plurality of sets of apertures therein. Each of the sets of apertures is positioned along a line orientated generally perpendicular to the top and bottom edges of the panels. A space between each of the ridge and valley lines has one of the apertures therein. Each of a plurality of rods has a first end and a second end. The first ends are generally pointed. Each of the rods extends through one of the set of apertures, and the first ends of the rods are removably insertable in the ground.
In these respects, the skirt for a raised dwelling according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of restricting movement of air under a raised dwelling.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of dwelling skirts now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new skirt for a raised dwelling construction wherein the same can be utilized for restricting movement of air under a raised dwelling.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new skirt for a raised dwelling apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the dwelling skirts mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new skirt for a raised dwelling which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art dwelling skirts, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a panel. The panel has a front side and a back side. The panel has a top edge and a bottom edge. The panel is corrugated such that pleat folds are defined. The pleat folds have ridge and valley lines orientated generally parallel to the top edge of the panel. The panel has a plurality of sets of apertures therein. Each of the sets of apertures is positioned along a line orientated generally perpendicular to the top and bottom edges of the panels. A space between each of the ridge and valley lines has one of the apertures therein. Each of a plurality of rods has a first end and a second end. The first ends are generally pointed. Each of the rods extends through one of the set of apertures, and the first ends of the rods are removably insertable in the ground.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new skirt for a raised dwelling apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the dwelling skirts mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new skirt for a raised dwelling which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art dwelling skirts, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new skirt for a raised dwelling which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new skirt for a raised dwelling which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new skirt for a raised dwelling which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such skirt for a raised dwelling economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new skirt for a raised dwelling which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new skirt for a raised dwelling for restricting movement of air under a raised dwelling.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new skirt for a raised dwelling which includes a panel. The panel has a front side and a back side. The panel has a top edge and a bottom edge. The panel is corrugated such that pleat folds are defined. The pleat folds have ridge and valley lines orientated generally parallel to the top edge of the panel. The panel has a plurality of sets of apertures therein. Each of the sets of apertures is positioned along a line orientated generally perpendicular to the top and bottom edges of the panels. A space between each of the ridge and valley lines has one of the apertures therein. Each of a plurality of rods has a first end and a second end. The first ends are generally pointed. Each of the rods extends through one of the set of apertures, and the first ends of the rods are removably insertable in the ground.
Still yet another object of the present invention is
Carrone Donald J.
Carrone William F.
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