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A RESIDENTIAL HOME COMPRISING A STATIONARY CYLINDRICAL HUB DEFINING A PLURALITY OF ROOMS THEREIN, PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING MEANS WITHIN SAID HUB, A TURNTABLE INCLUDING A TURNTABLE FRAME HAVING INNER AND OUTER WALLS EXTENDING VERTICALLY THEREFROM DEFINING ROOMS THEREBETWEEN, MEANS MOUNTING SAID TURNTABLE FOR CONCENTRIC ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT AROUND SAID HUB, DRIVE MEANS CARRIED BY SAID TURNTABLE AND MEANS FOR MANUALLY CONTROLLING THE ACTUATION OF SAID DRIVE MEANS, SAID MOUNTING MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED TRACKS CONCENTRICALLY SECURED AROUND SAID HUB, IDLER WHEELS ROTATABLY SUPPORTED FROM SAID TURNTABLE IN ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE OF SAID TRACKS, SAID DRIVE MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED DRIVE WHEELS ENGAGED WITH ONE OF SAID TRACKS, AND A DRIVE MOTOR DRIVINGLY ENGAGED WITH EACH OF SAID DRIVE WHEELS, SAID HUB DEFINING A CYLINDRICAL OUTER WALL, VENTS IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING MEANS DEFINED IN SAID OUTER WALL, MEANS FOR EXPOSING SAID TURNTABLE ROOMS TO SAID VENTS, AN ACCORDION-LIKE SHROUD TERMINALLY SECURED TO SAID OUTER HUB WALL AND EXTENSIBLE THEREFROM, SAID SHROUD SECURED TO SAID OUTER HUB WALL AROUND SAID DEFINED VENTS, MEANS FOR OPENING PORTIONS OF SAID INNER TURNTABLE WALL FOR EXTENDING A SHROUD THERETHROUGH, A NORMALLY OPEN SAFETY SWITCH, SAID SHROUD ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID NORMALLY OPEN SAFETY SWITCH CLOSING SAID SWITCH WHEN IN A RETRACTED POSITION AND ALLOWING SAID SWITCH TO OPEN WHEN IN AN EXTENDED POSITION, SAID SAFETY SWITCH SERIALLY CONNECTED TO SAID DRIVE MOTOR PREVENTING ENERGIZATION THEREOF WHEN SAID SHROUD IS EXTENDED, AND LOCKING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID TURNTABLE ENGAGEABLE WITH ONE OF SAID TRACKS, SAID LOCKING MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF MOVABLE JAWS, SPACED HOLDING BLOCKS SECURED TO A TRACK WEB PORTION, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID JAWS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID HOLDING BLOCKS PREVENTING RELATIVE MOTION BETWEEN SAID TURNTABLE AND SAID TRACKS.