Skirting for below dwelling

Claim 1

A skirting arrangement for a house trailer and the like, comprising: a first support means attachable directly to a house trailer, said first support means including a first preformed member attachable to an edge portion of a vertical wall of said house trailer, and a second preformed member having a portion thereof nested into an accommodating structure formed in the first preformed member so that said first and second preformed members form substantially opposed sides and a base of a channel, said second preformed member being formed with a bend so that the portion of said preformed member below said bend is angled slightly outwardly from the vertical plane of the outer vertical wall of said house trailer and toward the lower edge of said first preformed member, said second preformed member being attachable to the edge portion of said house trailer with said first preformed member; a second support means attached to a surface other than said house trailer including a generally U-shaped channel having a high back side and a relatively short front side formed integrally with a joining web, the first and second support means being spaced from each other and formed with opposing openings; a skirting including a plurality of vertically arranged panels extending between and having opposite ends inserted into the spaced opposed openings of the first and second support means for support thereby, each said panel having a center section with an integral web on the opposite sides and running lengthwise thereof, the webs for each said center section of its respective panel extending divergently outwardly therefrom, with the webs of each panel terminating in integral coplanar flanges arranged parallel to their respective center section, said panels being arranged in a juxtaposed relationship, with the flanges of adjacent panels overlapping, with every other panel having its flanges in engagement with the high back side of said channel of said second support means, and the remaining panels having their flanges in overlapping engagement with the flanges of adjacent panels so that the spacing between the webs of the adjacent panels is substantially equal to the width of the flange, with the upper ends of said panels of said skirting being positioned within the channel formed by said first and second preformed members, the biased portion of said second preformed member urging the upper ends of said panels of said skirting into engagement with the adjacent channel side formed by the first preformed member to preclude rattling of said panel in the assembled position; a corner angle member positioned over the edge portions of the skirting and having an upper end positioned within the channel formed by said first support means and a lower end positioned within the channel formed by said second support means, said upper and lower ends of said corner angle member being positioned within the rEspective portions of said first and second support means, respectively, so that said corner angle member is held to permit an intermediate portion thereof to cover adjacent edge portions of the skirting; and, a corner cap member positioned over corner portions of said first support means, and means for securing said corner cap member to said first support means.