1983-02-14
1985-01-01
Grosz, Alexander
Beds
Berth or bunk
5 2R, 5308, 52167, A47C 1904, A47C 1922, E02D 2734
Patent
active
044908644
ABSTRACT:
A sturdily constructed shelter bed anchored to a floor provides shelter for persons during tornados or hurricanes in a shelter space protected by steel plates below a mattress and springs. The mattress and springs rest on a horizontal steel plate deck supported above the floor by vertical steel plate skirts welded to the deck. The skirts, the deck and a vertical steel plate door, in combination with the floor, enclose the shelter space. The door horizontally opens to uncover an access opening to the shelter space between the deck and the floor along the bed side. The bed is secured to the floor at anchor plates welded to the skirts. For concrete floors, the anchor plates are bolted to expanding concrete anchors fixed in the concrete. For wood floors, the anchor plates are bolted to anchor beams extending beneath the floor joists. With wood floors, a steel floor plate is fixed to the bed to protect occupants if the wood floor should fail. The shelter space is easily entered by sliding the door away from the access opening, rolling from the bed to a prone position behind the door, and rolling or sliding sidewise under the deck while pulling the door closed.
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