Portable porch unit for mobile homes

Claim 1

A portable porch unit for mobile homes comprising: a supporting substructure assembly including: a rectangular metallic base frame; a plurality of iron member stanchions extending upwardly from said base frame and each having at least one aperture in the upper portion thereof; a plurality of metallic members interconnecting said iron member stanchions at points above said base frame and extending substantially parallel to said base frame; aesthetic wooden siding panels secured to said base frame and metallic interconnecting members to form an enclosure; and a hinged door hingedly connected to said siding panels and forming an opening to said enclosure; a step assembly detachably connected to said substructure assembly at one side thereof and including: a rectangular base frame of metallic members; a plurality of steps supported above said base frame of said step assembly; metallic members extending from said step assembly base frame to said steps and supporting said steps; wooden panels connected to said base frame of said step assembly and projecting upwardly therefrom to said steps to form an enclosure under said steps; and a door opening into said enclosure under said steps; decking extending across and secured to the metallic members of said supporting substructure assembly and collectively forming a porch; an enclosure assembly partially around said porch and projecting upwardly from said substructure assembly, said enclosure assembly comprising: a plurality of horizontally extending members interconnecting the top of said iron member stanchions; and wooden siding panels secured between said last mentioned horizontally extending members and said metallic members of said substructure assembly; and a canopy assembly adjustably connected to said enclosure assembly for selective vertical adjustment above said porch, said canopy assembly Including a plurality of vertically extending apertured supporting posts oriented to slidingly nest within said stanchions and including apertures registering with apertures in said stanchions for selective adjustment of the vertical height of said canopy over said porch.