Pre-fabricated dwelling unit

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THE PRE-FABRICATED DWELLING UNIT WHICH COMPRISES: A RECTANGULAR BASE FRAME INCLUDING FRONT AND REAR WALLSUPPORTING ELEMENTS INTERCONNECTED AT THEIR ENDS BY SIDEWALL SUPPORTING MEMBERS TO FORM CORNERS, SAID WALL-SUPPORTING MEMBERS EACH HAVING AN UPWARDLY-OPENING LONGITUDINAL GROOVE IN THE TOP SURFACE THEREOF ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND RETAIN A WALL PANEL; FIRST CONNECTOR MEANS RELEASABLY INTERCONNECTING THE FRAME ELEMENTS AT THE CORNERS FORMED THEREBY; UPRIGHT STUD-FORMING ELEMENTS HAVING LONGITUDINAL GROOVES IN THE SURFACES THEREOF FACING ALONG A WALL, SAID STUD-FORMING ELEMENTS INCLUDING A STUD AT EACH CORNER AND AT LEAST ONE INTERMEDIATE STUD LOCATED BETWEEN THE CORNER STUDS ON EACH WALL, ONE OF SAID INTERMEDIATE STUDS COMPRISING A CENTER STUD POSITIONED MIDWAY BETWEEN THE CORNER STUDS ON BOTH END WALLS, THE CORNER AND INTERMEDIATE STUDS ON THE FRONT AND REAR WALLS BEING OF UNIFORM LENGTH, THE INTERMEDIATE STUDS ON THE END WALLS BEING LONGER THAN THE CORNER STUDS AND ADAPTED TO DEFINE A GABLED ROOF LINE WITH UNIFORM PITCH SLOPING DOWNWARDLY TOWARD THE EAVES FROM THE RIDGE THEREOF DEFINED BY THE CENTER STUDS, AND TWO OF SAID STUDS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE INTERMEDIATE STUD COOPERATING TO DEFINE JAMB ELEMENTS OF A DOOR FRAME; SECOND CONNECTOR MEANS RELEASABLY FASTENING THE INTERMEDIATE STUDS TO THE BASE FRAME ELEMENTS IN FIXED SPACED PARALLEL RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER; THIRD CONNECTOR MEANS CARRIED ON THE LOWER ENDS OF THE CORNER STUDS RELEASABLY FASTENING THE LATTER TO THE FIRST CONNECTOR MEANS OF THE BASE FRAME; A MAIN RIDGE BEAM SPANNING THE SPACE BETWEEN THE CENTER STUDS OF THE END WALLS; RAFTERS INCLUDING END RAFTERS CONNECTING EACH CORNER STUD AND AT LEAST ONE INTERMEDIATE RAFTER CONNECTED TO ONE OF THE INTERMEDIATE STUDS ON BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR WALLS, AND EACH OF SAID RAFTERS HAVING EACH SIDE THEREOF FACING ALONG THE ROOF SHAPED TO PROVIDE A LEDGE ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A ROOF PANEL; FIFTH CONNECTOR MEANS RELEASABLY INTERCONNECTING THE INTERMEDIATE RAFTERS TO THE MAIN RIDGE BEAM; SIXTH CONNECTOR MEANS RELEASABLY INTERCONNECTING THE INTERMEDIATE RAFTERS TO ONE OF THE INTERMEDIATE STUDS; SEVENTH CONNECTOR MEANS RELEASABLY INTERCONNECTING THE END RAFTERS TO THE MAIN RIDGE BEAM; EIGHTH CONNECTOR MEANS RELEASABLY INTERCONNECTING THE END RAFTERS TO ONE OF THE CORNER STUDS; A PLURALITY OF WALL PANELS INSERTED INTO THE GROOVES IN THE STUDS AND BASE FRAME ELEMENTS TO FORM A RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE; A DOOR HINGEDLY ATTACHED TO ONE OF THE JAMBFORMING STUDS; FRONT AND REAR STRINGER ELEMENTS HAVING GROOVES IN THE UNDERSIDE THEREOF RECEIVING THE UPPER EDGES OF THE FRONT AND REAR WALL PANELS; NINTH CONNECTOR MEANS RELEASABLY INTERCONNECTING THE ENDS OF THE STRINGERS TO THE CORNER STUDS; A PLURALITY OF ROOF PANELS COVERING THE OPENINGS DEFINED BETWEEN THE RAFTERS AND EXTENDING FROM THE MAIN RIDGE BEAM TO THE STRINGERS, SAID PANELS RESTING UPON THE STRINGERS AND PROJECTING THEREBEYOND TO FORM OVERHANGING EAVES, AND THE SIDE EDGES OF SAID ROOF PANELS RESTING UPON THE RAFTER LEDGES SO AS TO LEAVE A PORTION OF SAID RAFTERS ACCESSIBLE THEREBETWEEN; TENTH CONNECTOR MEANS RELEASABLY FASTENING THE ROOF PANELS TO THE STRINGERS; RAFTER CAP MEMBERS OVERLYING EACH RAFTER AND RESTING UPON THE ROOF PANELS SO AS TO SEAL THE JOINTS THEREBETWEEN; ELEVENTH CONNECTOR MEANS CARRIED BY THE INTERMEDIATE RAFTER CAPS RELEASABLY FASTENING SAME TO THE SIXTH CONNECTOR MEANS; TWELFTH CONNECTOR MEANS CARRIED BY THE END RAFTER CAPS RELEASABLY FASTENING SAME TO THE SEVENTH CONNECTOR MEANS; A MAIN RIDGE BEAM CAP ELEMENT OVERLYING THE MAIN RIDGE BEAM AND RESTING UPON THE ROOF PANELS SO AS TO SEAL THE JOINTS THEREBETWEEN; THIRTEENTH CONNECTOR MEANS RELEASABLY INTERCONNECTING THE MAIN RIDGE BEAM CAP ELEMENT TO THE MAIN RIDGE BEAM; AND, FOURTEENTH CONNECTOR MEANS CARRIED BY THE MAIN RIDGE BEAM CAP IN POSITION TO OVERLIE THE UPPERMOST ENDS OF THE RAFTER CAPS AND HOLD THE LATTER DOWN UPON THE ROOF PANELS.