Dwelling unit of the fixed floor-plan type

Abstract

Abstract A DWELLING UNIT OF SUBSTANTIALLY FIXED FLOOR PLAN HAS FRONT, REAR AND OPPOSITE SIDE BOUNDARY WALLS ENCLOSING A DWELLING SPACE EMBRACING A PERIPHERAL AREA SURROUNGING A RECTANGULAR CENTER AREA. FIXED PERIPHERAL WALL MEANS IN THE PERIPHERAL AREA COOPERATE WITH SAID BOUNDARY WALLS TO PROVIDE: ALONG EACH FRONT WALL, A PAIR OF FRONT CORNER ROOMS SEPARATE BY AN ACCESS HALL, ALONG EACH REAR WALL, A PAIR OF REAR CORNER ROOMS SEPARATED BY A PAIR OF BACK ROOMS, AND, ALONG EACH SIDE WALL, AN OUTER BATHROOM AND AN INNER TRANSVERSELY-EXTENDING BATHROOM CORRIDOR, THE BATHROOM SEPARATING AND THE CORRIDOR INTERCONNECTING ADJACENT FRONT AND REAR CORNER ROOMS. FIXED CENTER WALL MEANS IN THE CENTER AREA PROVIDE A CLOSET WALL, EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY FROM ONE BATHROOM CORRIDOR TO THE OTHER, AND COOPERATE WITH SAID PERIPHERAL WALL MEANS TO PROVIDE A PAIR OF SIMILARLY-EXTENDING HALL AND CENTER CORRIDORS, RESPECTIVELY EXTENDING ALONG THE FRONT AND BACK SIDES OF THE CLOSET WALL, THE FRONT-HALL CORRIDOR PASSING THROUGH A PAIR OF ACCESS DOORWAYS, ONE FOR EACH FRONT CORNER ROOM. THE FOREGOING DWELLING UNIT PROVIDES ONE LARGE APARTMENT HAVING A FIXED FLOOR PLAN, WHICH EMBRACES 6 ROOMS, 2 BATHS AND AN ACCESS HALL. BY INSTALLING A REMOVABLE CLOSURE ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE CENTER CORRIDOR, SAID UNIT PROVIDES A PAIR OF 3 ROOM, 1 BATH APARTMENTS, EACH ACCESSIBLE FROM THE ACCESS HALL. BY LOCATING THAT REMOVABLE CLOSURE ACROSS EITHER END OF THE CENTER CORRIDOR, ONE APARTMENT IS REDUCED TO 2 ROOMS, THE OTHER INCREASED TO 4 ROOMS.

Inventors

• 👤 Robert F Crump

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