Skirting for mobile homes

Claim 2

Skirting, for the space between the ground and the lower portion of a mobile home, which comprises an elongated member that is securable to said lower portion of said mobile home so it is essentially horizontally directed, a second elongated member that is securable to the ground below the level of and essentially in vertical registry with the first said elongated member, and a plurality of panels which can extend vertically between said first said and said second elongated members, said panels and said first said elongated member having interacting surfaces thereon which engage each other and which hold the upper ends of said panels in assembled relation with said first said elongated member while permitting said panels to be suspended from said first said elongated member and also permitting the lower ends of said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member to engage a portion of said second elongated member which is spaced above the level of the bottom of said second elongated member, said interacting surfaces on said panels being spaced fixed distances below the upper ends of said panels and coacting with said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to hold said upper ends of said panels fixed distances above the points of engagement between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member, each of said panels having a length, between the interacting surface thereon and the bottom thereof, which is shorter than the disstance between said bottom of said second elongated member and the point of engagement between said interacting surface on said panel and said interacting surface on said first said elongated member, whereby said panels depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and have said bottoms thereof spaced above the level of said bottom of said second elongated member, each of said panels being short enough to permit said panel to continue to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and to have said bottom thereof spaced above said bottom of said second elongated member despite limited ''''heaving'''' of the ground to which said second elongated member is secured, the short lengths of said panels coacting with the engagements between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to permit said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member essentially at right angles to said first said elongated member and hence in essentially vertical positions, said panels having the portions thereof which are immediately adjacent said portion of said second elongated member free of abutments which could interfere with unobstructed relative movement between said portions of said panels and said portion of said second elongated member.

Claim 3

Skirting as claimed in claim 1 wherein said panels terminate short of, and are displaced vertically above, the bottom of said second elongated member, whereby said lower ends of said panels can be cut so they are parallel to or inclined relative to the upper ends of said panels.

Claim 4

Skirting as claimed in claim 1 wherein said second elongated member is a channel which has the open portion thereof opening upwardly to confront said first said elongated member, wherein said lower ends of said panels extend downwardly into said open portion of said second elongated member, wherein the unstressed width of said open portion of said second elongated member is less than the thicknesses of said panels, wherein said interacting surfaces include projections on said panels and an elongated ledge on said first said elongated member, and wherein said first said elongated member is resilient and will enable said elongated ledge thereon to apply compressive forces to said panels, whereby said elongated ledge on said first said elongated member can coact with said projections on said panels to provide a ''''snap lock'''' engagement therebetween.

Claim 5

Skirting, for the space between the ground and the lower portion of a mobile home, which comprises an elongated member that is securable to said lower portion of said mobile home so it is essentially horizontally directed, a second elongated member that is securable to the ground below the level of and essentially in vertical registry with the first said elongated member, and a plurality of panels which can extend vertically between said first said and said second elongated members, said panels and said first said elongated member having interacting surfaces thereon which engage each other and which hold the upper ends of said panels in assembled relation with said first said elongated member while permitting said panels to be suspended from said first said elongated member and also permitting the lower ends of said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member to engage a portion of said second elongated member which iS spaced above the level of the bottom of said second elongated member, said interacting surfaces on said panels being spaced fixed distances below the upper ends of said panels and coacting with said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to hold said upper ends of said panels fixed distances above the points of engagement between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member, each of said panels having a length, between the interacting surface thereon and the bottom thereof, which is shorter than the distance between said bottom of said second elongated member and the point of engagement between said interacting surface on said panel and said interacting surface on said first said elongated member, whereby said panels depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and have said bottoms thereof spaced above the level of said bottom of said second elongated member, each of said panels being short enough to permit said panel to continue to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and to have said bottom thereof spaced above said bottom of said second elongated member despite limited ''''heaving'''' of the ground to which said second elongated member is secured, the short lengths of said panels coacting with the engagements between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to permit said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member essentially at right angles to said first said elongated member and hence in essentially vertical positions, said panels having the portions thereof which are immediately adjacent said portion of said second elongated member free of abutments which could interfere with unobstructed relative movement between said portions of said panels and said portion of said second elongated member, said second elongated member being a channel which has the open portion thereof opening upwardly to confront said first said elongated member, said lower ends of said panels extending downwardly into said open portion of said second elongated member, said second elongated member having the major portion of the front thereof displaced forwardly of said lower ends of said panels to keep said second elongated member from binding against said panels as said second elongated member moves when said ground ''''heaves,'''' said second elongated member having the major portion of the rear thereof displaced rearwardly of said lower ends of said panels to keep said second elongated member from binding against said panels as said second elongated member moves when said ground ''''heaves,'''' the unstressed width of said open portion of said second elongated member being less than the thicknesses of said panels, and said second elongated member being resilient and applying compressive forces to said panels that will keep said lower ends of said panels from vibrating.

Claim 6

Skirting, for the space between the ground and the lower portion of a mobile home, which comprises an elongated member that is securable to said lower portion of said mobile home so it is essentially horizontally directed, a second elongated member that is securable to the ground below the level of and essentially in vertical registry with the first said elongated member, and a plurality of panels which can extend vertically between said first said and said second elongated members, said panels and said first said elongated member having interacting surfaces thereon which engage each other and which hold the upper ends of said panels in assembled relation with said first said elongated member while permitting said panels to be suspended from said first said elongated member and also permitting the lower ends of said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member to engage a portion of said second elongated member which iS spaced above the level of the bottom of said second elongated member, said interacting surfaces on said panels being spaced fixed distances below the upper ends of said panels and coacting with said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to hold said upper ends of said panels fixed distances above the points of engagement between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member, each of said panels having a length, between the interacting surface thereon and the bottom thereof, which is shorter than the distance between said bottom of said second elongated member and the point of engagement between said interacting surface on said panel and said interacting surface on said first said elongated member, whereby said panels depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and have said bottoms thereof spaced above the level of said bottom of said second elongated member, each of said panels being short enough to permit said panel to continue to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and to have said bottom thereof spaced above said bottom of said second elongated member despite limited ''''heaving'''' of the ground to which said second elongated member is secured, the short lengths of said panels coacting with the engagements between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to permit said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member essentially at right angles to said first said elongated member and hence in essentially vertical positions, said panels having the portions thereof which are immediately adjacent said portion of said second elongated member free of abutments which could interfere with unobstructed relative movement between said portions of said panels and said portion of said second elongated member, said second elongated member being a channel which has the open portion thereof opening upwardly to confront said first said elongated member, said lower ends of said panels extending downwardly into said open portion of said second elongated member, said second elongated member having the major portion of the front thereof displaced forwardly of said lower ends of said panels to keep said second elongated member from binding against said panels as said second elongated member moves when said ground ''''heaves,'''' said second elongated member having the major portion of the rear thereof displaced rearwardly of said lower ends of said panels to keep said second elongated member from binding against said panels as said second elongated member moves when said ground ''''heaves,'''' the unstressed width of said open portion of said second elongated member being less than the thicknesses of said panels, and said second elongated member being resilient and applying compressive forces to said panels that will keep said lower ends of said panels from vibrating.

Claim 7

Skirting, for the space between the ground and the lower portion of a mobile home, which comprises an elongated member that is securable to said lower portion of said mobile home so it is essentially horizontally directed, a second elongated member that is securable to the ground below the level of and essentially in vertical registry with the first said elongated member, and a plurality of panels which can extend vertically between said first said and said second elongated members, said panels and said first said elongated member having interacting surfaces thereon which engage each other and which hold the upper ends of said panels in assembled relation with said first said elongated member while permitting said panels to be suspended from said first said elongated member and also permitting the lower ends of said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member to engage a portion of said second elongated member which is spaced above the level of the bottom of said second elongated member, said interacting suRfaces on said panels being spaced fixed distances below the upper ends of said panels and coacting with said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to hold said upper ends of said panels fixed distances above the points of engagement between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member, each of said panels having a length, between the interacting surface thereon and the bottom thereof, which is shorter than the distance between said bottom of said second elongated member and the point of engagement between said interacting surface on said panel and said interacting surface on said first said elongated member, whereby said panels depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and have said bottoms thereof spaced above the level of said bottom of said second elongated member, each of said panels being short enough to permit said panel to continue to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and to have said bottom thereof spaced above said bottom of said second elongated member despite limited ''''heaving'''' of the ground to which said second elongated member is secured, the short lengths of said panels coacting with the engagements between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to permit said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member essentially at right angles to said first said elongated member and hence in essentially vertical positions, said panels having the portions thereof which are immediately adjacent said portion of said second elongated member free of abutments which could interfere with unobstructed relative movement between said portions of said panels and said portion of said second elongated member, said first said elongated member being a channel which has the open portion thereof opening downwardly to confront said second elongated member, said upper ends of said panels extending upwardly into said open portion of said first said elongated member, said first said elongated member having the rear portion thereof extending downwardly below the level of the front portion thereof to facilitate the insertion of said upper ends of said panels into said open portion of said first said elongated member, the unstressed width of said open portion of said first said elongated member being less than the thicknesses of said panels, and said first said elongated member being resilient and applying compressive forces to said panels that will keep said upper ends of said panels from vibrating.

Claim 8

Skirting, for the space between the ground and the lower portion of a mobile home, which comprises an elongated member that is securable to said lower portion of said mobile home so it is essentially horizontally directed, a second elongated member that is securable to the ground below the level of and essentially in vertical registry with the first said elongated member, and a plurality of panels which can extend vertically between said first said and said second elongated members, said panels and said first said elongated member having interacting surfaces thereon which engage each other and which hold the upper ends of said panels in assembled relation with said first said elongated member while permitting said panels to be suspended from said first said elongated member and also permitting the lower ends of said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member to engage a portion of said second elongated member which is spaced above the level of the bottom of said second elongated member, said interacting suRfaces on said panels being spaced fixed distances below the upper ends of said panels and coacting with said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to hold said upper ends of said panels fixed distances above the points of engagement between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member, each of said panels having a length, between the interacting surface thereon and the bottom thereof, which is shorter than the distance between said bottom of said second elongated member and the point of engagement between said interacting surface on said panel and said interacting surface on said first said elongated member, whereby said panels depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and have said bottoms thereof spaced above the level of said bottom of said second elongated member, each of said panels being short enough to permit said panel to continue to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and to have said bottom thereof spaced above said bottom of said second elongated member despite limited ''''heaving'''' of the ground to which said second elongated member is secured, the short lengths of said panels coacting with the engagements between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to permit said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member essentially at right angles to said first said elongated member and hence in essentially vertical positions, said panels having the portions thereof which are immediately adjacent said portion of said second elongated member free of abutments which could interfere with unobstructed relative movement between said portions of said panels and said portion of said second elongated member, said first said elongated member being a channel which has the open portion thereof opening downwardly to confront said second elongated member, said upper ends of said panels extending upwardly into said open portion of said first said elongated member, said first said elongated member having the rear portion thereof extending downwardly below the level of the front portion thereof to facilitate the insertion of said upper ends of said panels into said open portion of said first said elongated member, the unstressed width of said open portion of said first said elongated member being less than the thicknesses of said panels, and said first said elongated member being resilient and applying compressive forces to said panels that will keep said upper ends of said panels from vibrating.

Claim 9

Skirting, for the space between the ground and the lower portion of a mobile home, which comprises an elongated member that is securable to said lower portion of said mobile home so it is essentially horizontally directed, a second elongated member that is securable to the ground below the level of and essentially in vertical registry with the first said elongated member, and a plurality of panels which can extend vertically between said first said and said second elongated members, said panels and said first said elongated member having interacting surfaces thereon which engage each other and which hold the upper ends of said panels in assembled relation with said first said elongated member while permitting said panels to be suspended from said first said elongated member and also permitting the lower ends of said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member to engage a portion of said second elongated member which is spaced above the level of the bottom of said second elongated member, said interacting surfaces on said panels being spaced fixed distances below the upper ends of said panels and coacting with said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to hold said upper ends of said panels fixed distances above the points of engagement between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated meMber, each of said panels having a length, between the interacting surface thereon and the bottom thereof, which is shorter than the distance between said bottom of said second elongated member and the point of engagement between said interacting surface on said panel and said interacting surface on said first said elongated member, whereby said panels depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and have said bottoms thereof spaced above the level of said bottom of said second elongated member, each of said panels being short enough to permit said panel to continue to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and to have said bottom thereof spaced above said bottom of said second elongated member despite limited ''''heaving'''' of the ground to which said second elongated member is secured, the short lengths of said panels coacting with the engagements between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to permit said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member essentially at right angles to said first said elongated member and hence in essentially vertical positions, said panels having the portions thereof which are immediately adjacent said portion of said second elongated member free of abutments which could interfere with unobstructed relative movement between said portions of said panels and said portion of said second elongated member, said first said elongated member being a channel which has the open portion thereof opening downwardly to confront said second elongated member, said upper ends of said panels extending upwardly into said open portion of said first said elongated member, said first said elongated member having the rear portion thereof extending downwardly below the level of the front portion thereof to facilitate the insertion of said upper ends of said panels into said open portion of said first said elongated member, the unstressed width of said open portion of said first said elongated member being less than the thicknesses of said panels, said first said elongated member being resilient and applying compressive forces to said panels that will keep said upper ends of said panels from vibrating, said second elongated member being a channel which has the open portion thereof opening upwardly to confront said first said elongated member, said lower ends of said panels extending downwardly into said open portion of said second elongated member, said second elongated member having the major portion of the front thereof displaced forwardly of said lower ends of said panels to keep said second elongated member from binding against said panels as said second elongated member moves when said ground ''''heaves,'''' said second elongated member having the major portion of the rear thereof displaced rearwardly of said lower ends of said panels to keep said second elongated member from binding against said panels as said second elongated member moves when said ground ''''heaves,'''' the unstressed width of said open portion of said second elongated member being less than the thicknesses of said panels, and said second elongated member being resilient and applying compressive forces to said panels that will keep said lower ends of said panels from vibrating.

Claim 10

Skirting, for the space between the ground and the lower portion of a mobile home, which comprises an elongated member that is securable to said lower portion of said mobile home so it is essentially horizontally directed, a second elongated member that is securable to the ground below the level of and essentially in vertical registry with the first said elongated member, and a plurality of panels which can extend vertically between said first said and said second elongated members, said panels and said first said elongated member having interacting surfaces thereon which engage each other and which hold the upper ends of said panels in assembled relation with said first said elongated member while permitting said panels to be suspended from said first said elongated member and also permitting the lower ends of said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member to engage a portion of said second elongated member which is spaced above the level of the bottom of said second elongated member, said interacting surfaces on said panels being spaced fixed distances below the upper ends of said panels and coacting with said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to hold said upper ends of said panels fixed distances above the points of engagement between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated meMber, each of said panels having a length, between the interacting surface thereon and the bottom thereof, which is shorter than the distance between said bottom of said second elongated member and the point of engagement between said interacting surface on said panel and said interacting surface on said first said elongated member, whereby said panels depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and have said bottoms thereof spaced above the level of said bottom of said second elongated member, each of said panels being short enough to permit said panel to continue to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and to have said bottom thereof spaced above said bottom of said second elongated member despite limited ''''heaving'''' of the ground to which said second elongated member is secured, the short lengths of said panels coacting with the engagements between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to permit said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member essentially at right angles to said first said elongated member and hence in essentially vertical positions, said panels having the portions thereof which are immediately adjacent said portion of said second elongated member free of abutments which could interfere with unobstructed relative movement between said portions of said panels and said portion of said second elongated member, said first said elongated member being a channel which has the open portion thereof opening downwardly to confront said second elongated member, said upper ends of said panels extending upwardly into said open portion of said first said elongated member, said first said elongated member having the rear portion thereof extending downwardly below the level of the front portion thereof to facilitate the insertion of said upper ends of said panels into said open portion of said first said elongated member, the unstressed width of said open portion of said first said elongated member being less than the thicknesses of said panels, said first said elongated member being resilient and applying compressive forces to said panels that will keep said upper ends of said panels from vibrating, said second elongated member being a channel which has the open portion thereof opening upwardly to confront said first said elongated member, said lower ends of said panels extending downwardly into said open portion of said second elongated member, said second elongated member having the major portion of the front thereof displaced forwardly of said lower ends of said panels to keep said second elongated member from binding against said panels as said second elongated member moves when said ground ''''heaves,'''' said second elongated member having the major portion of the rear thereof displaced rearwardly of said lower ends of said panels to keep said second elongated member from binding against said panels as said second elongated member moves when said ground ''''heaves,'''' the unstressed width of said open portion of said second elongated member being less than the thicknesses of said panels, and said second elongated member being resilient and applying compressive forces to said panels that will keep said lower ends of said panels from vibrating.

Claim 11

Skirting, for the space between the ground and the lower portion of a mobile home, which comprises an elongated member that is securable to said lower portion of said mobile home so it is essentially horizontally directed, a second elongated member that is securable to the ground below the level of and essentially in vertical registry with the first said elongated member, and a plurality of panels which can extend vertically between said first said and said second elongated members, said panels and said first said elongated member having interacting surfaces thereon which engage each other and which hold the upper ends of said panels in assembled relation with said first said elongated membEr while permitting said panels to be suspended from said first said elongated member and also permitting the lower ends of said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member to engage a portion of said second elongated member which is spaced above the level of the bottom of said second elongated member, said interacting surfaces on said panels being spaced fixed distances below the upper ends of said panels and coacting with said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to hold said upper ends of said panels fixed distances above the points of engagement between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member, each of said panels having a length, between the interacting surface thereon and the bottom thereof, which is shorter than the distance between said bottom of said second elongated member and the point of engagement between said interacting surface on said panel and said interacting surface on said first said elongated member, whereby said panels depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and have said bottoms thereof spaced above the level of said bottom of said second elongated member, each of said panels being short enough to permit said panel to continue to depend downardly from said first said elongated member and to have said bottom thereof spaced above said bottom of said second elongated member despite limited ''''heaving'''' of the ground to which said second elongated member is secured, the short lengths of said panels coacting with the engagements between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to permit said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member essentially at right angles to said first said elongated member and hence in essentially vertical positions, said panels having the portions thereof which are immediately adjacent said portion of said second elongated member free of abutments which could interfere with unobstructed relative movement between said portions of said panels and said portion of said second elongated member, the edge of one of said panels overlapping the edge of an adjacent panel and abutting a projection on said adjacent panel to help hold the vertical edges of said one and said adjacent panels in parallel relation, and said projection being close to and at least partially overlying a ventilating opening in said adjacent panel.

Claim 12

Skirting, for the space between the ground and the lower portion of a mobile home, which comprises an elongated member that is securable to said lower portion of said mobile home so it is essentially horizontally directed, a second elongated member that is securable to the ground below the level of and essentially in vertical registry with the first said elongated member, and a plurality of panels which can extend vertically between said first said and said second elongated members, said panels and said first said elongated member having interacting surfaces thereon which engage each other and which hold the upper ends of said panels in assembled relation with said first said elongated membEr while permitting said panels to be suspended from said first said elongated member and also permitting the lower ends of said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member to engage a portion of said second elongated member which is spaced above the level of the bottom of said second elongated member, said interacting surfaces on said panels being spaced fixed distances below the upper ends of said panels and coacting with said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to hold said upper ends of said panels fixed distances above the points of engagement between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member, each of said panels having a length, between the interacting surface thereon and the bottom thereof, which is shorter than the distance between said bottom of said second elongated member and the point of engagement between said interacting surface on said panel and said interacting surface on said first said elongated member, whereby said panels depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and have said bottoms thereof spaced above the level of said bottom of said second elongated member, each of said panels being short enough to permit said panel to continue to depend downardly from said first said elongated member and to have said bottom thereof spaced above said bottom of said second elongated member despite limited ''''heaving'''' of the ground to which said second elongated member is secured, the short lengths of said panels coacting with the engagements between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to permit said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member essentially at right angles to said first said elongated member and hence in essentially vertical positions, said panels having the portions thereof which are immediately adjacent said portion of said second elongated member free of abutments which could interfere with unobstructed relative movement between said portions of said panels and said portion of said second elongated member, the edge of one of said panels overlapping the edge of an adjacent panel and abutting a projection on said adjacent panel to help hold the vertical edges of said one and said adjacent panels in parallel relation, and said projection being close to and at least partially overlying a ventilating opening in said adjacent panel.

Claim 13

Skirting, for the space between the ground and the lower portion of a mobile home, which comprises an elongated member that is securable to said lower portion of said mobile home so it is essentially horizontally directed, a second elongated member that is securable to the ground below the level of and essentially in vertical registry with the first said elongated member, and a plurality of panels which can extend vertically between said first said and said second elongated members, said panels and said first said elongated member having interacting surfaces thereon which engage each other and which hold the upper ends of said panels in assembled relation with said first said elongated member while permitting said panels to be suspended from said first said elongated member and also permitting the lower ends of said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member to engage a portion of said second elongated member which is spaced above the level of the bottom of said second elongated member, said interacting surfaces on said panels being spaced fixed distances below the upper ends of said panels and coacting with said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to hold said upper ends of said panels fixed distances above the points of engagement between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member, each of said panels having a length, between the interacting surface thereon and the bottom thereof, which is shorter than the distance between said bottom of said second elongated member and the point of engagement between said interacting surface on said panel and said interacting surface on said first said elongated member, whereby said panels depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and have said bottoms thereof spaced above the level of said bottom of said second elongated member, each of said panels being short enough to permit said panel to continue to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and to have said bottom thereof spaced above said bottom of said second elongated member despite limited ''''heaving'''' of the ground to which said second elongated member is secured, the short lengths of said panels coacting with the engagements between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to permit said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member essentially at right angles to said first said elongated member and hence in essentially vertical positions, said panels having the portions thereof which are immediately adjacent said portion of said second elongated member free of abutments which could interfere with unobstructed relative movement between said portions of said panels and said portion of said second elongated member, the edge of one of said panels overlapping the edge of an adjacent panel and abutting a projection on said adjacent panel to help hold the vertical edges of said one and said adjacent panels in parallel relation, said projection being close to and at least partially overlying a ventilating opening in said adjacent panel, and said projection being close to said edge of said adjacent panel to limit to a small predetermined value the extent to which said edge of said one panel overlaps said edge of said adjacent panel.

Claim 14

Skirting, for the space between the ground and the lower portion of a mobile home, which comprises an elongated member that is securable to said lower portion of said mobile home so it is essentially horizontally directed, a second elongated member that is securable to the ground below the level of and essentially in vertical registry with the first said elongated member, and a plurality of panels which can extend vertically between said first said and said second elongated members, said panels and said first said elongated member having interacting surfaces thereon which engage each other and which hold the upper ends of said panels in assembled relation with said first said elongated member while permitting said panels to be suspended from said first said elongated member and also permitting the lower ends of said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member to engage a portion of said second elongated member which is spaced above the level of the bottom of said second elongated member, said interacting surfaces on said panels being spaced fixed distances below the upper ends of said panels and coacting with said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to hold said upper ends of said panels fixed distances above the points of engagement between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member, each of said panels having a length, between the interacting surface thereon and the bottom thereof, which is shorter than the distance between said bottom of said second elongated member and the point of engagement between said interacting surface on said panel and said interacting surface on said first said elongated member, whereby said panels depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and have said bottoms thereof spaced above the level of said bottom of said second elongated member, each of said panels being short enough to permit said panel to continue to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member and to have said bottom thereof spaced above said bottom of said second elongated member despite limited ''''heaving'''' of the ground to which said second elongated member is secured, the short lengths of said panels coacting with the engagements between said interacting surfaces on said panels and said interacting surfaces on said first said elongated member to permit said panels to depend downwardly from said first said elongated member essentially at right angles to said first said elongated member and hence in essentially vertical positions, said panels having the portions thereof which are immediately adjacent said portion of said second elongated member free of abutments which could interfere with unobstructed relative movement between said portions of said panels and said portion of said second elongated member, the edge of one of said panels overlapping the edge of an adjacent panel and abutting a projection on said adjacent panel to help hold the vertical edges of said one and said adjacent panels in parallel relation, said projection being close to and at least partially overlying a ventilating opening in said adjacent panel, and said projection being close to said edge of said adjacent panel to limit to a small predetermined value the extent to which said edge of said one panel overlaps said edge of said adjacent panel.