Hurricane or tornado shelters

Details Hurricane or tornado shelters Hurricane or tornado shelters

1998-03-30

1998-11-03

Canfield, Robert

Static structures (e.g., buildings)

Specified terranean relationship

Subterranean enclosure with portal opening; e.g., storm or...

52244, 52245, 521691, E04H 914

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058292080

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a hurricane or tornado shelter that is easily obtained or constructed form available elements that are already on the market and therefore does not require any major engineering to thereby keep the cost of installing the same very low and the cost can be shared by other families when installing the same. The structure used as a shelter consists of a steel reinforced cylindrical structure having a bell-shaped end at one end and a spigot at the other end. It is of a size to comfortably protect up to 10 people within its interior. One end of the structure is closed by a concrete end wall while the other end is partially closed by a slanting concrete deflector wall. The deflector wall at its upper end may or may not be fastened to the top of the cylindrical structure. There may be a central multi-way structure having up to four extensions, branches or ports that can be extended to a larger unit by inserting individual cylindrical structures that each may be partially closed by slanting concrete deflector slabs.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3038565 (1962-06-01), Bruce
patent: 3049835 (1962-08-01), Sundstrum
patent: 3159117 (1964-12-01), Rosenfeld
patent: 3164111 (1965-01-01), Lanni

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