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US 11,939,792 B2Granted
Underground shelter with air-intake system
AssigneeAtlas Survival Shelters LLC
InventorRonal Hubbard
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Abstract
A sheltering system comprised of a housing unit made of at least one panel connected to a base with one or more entrances into the housing unit and a structural framework with at least one beam that extends the length or width of a panel or base on the housing unit. The beam has at least one notch near the joining of two panels or a panel and the base. The housing unit may be connected to an air intake system that allows for air to move into the interior of the housing unit and then egress out.
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An underground shelter comprising:
- a housing unit having of at least two panels, wherein one of the panels is a base panel connected to a bottom of the housing unit, wherein the at least two panels are affixed to each other along an interface, and wherein the at least two panels encompass an interior of the housing unit;
- at least one entry port into the housing unit, wherein the at least one entry port allows access into the interior of the housing unit;
- a framework attached to the housing unit comprising at least two beam supports and each beam support traverses across one of the at least two panels, and wherein the at least two beam supports interface with each other and are perpendicular to each other;
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- at least one of the two beam supports having a notch at an area where the at least one of the at least two support beams interfaces with another of the at least two support beams, and where one panel of the at least two panels interfaces with another panel of the at least two panels, further comprising a straight weld line along the interface between the one panel and the another panel and within the notch.
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An underground shelter comprising:
- a housing unit having a plurality of panels, wherein at least one of the panels is a base panel defining a bottom of the housing unit, wherein one or more of the plurality of panels are affixed to the at least one base panel along an interface with the at least one base panel, and wherein the one or more of the plurality of panels encompass an interior of the housing unit;
- at least one entry port into the housing unit, wherein the at least one entry port allows access into an interior of the housing unit, wherein the at least one entry port is at least partially covered by a removable entry hatch;
- a framework attached to the housing unit comprising a plurality of beam supports, wherein at least one of the beam supports traverses across a corresponding one of the one or more of the plurality of panels and the base panel, and wherein one beam support coupled to the at least one base panel interfaces with one beam support coupled to one of the one or more of the plurality of panels and are angularly aligned to each other, wherein each such interface comprises a notch and a straight weld line along such interface and within the notch;
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- the housing unit having a floor, wherein the floor is located above the base panel defining the bottom of the housing unit, wherein the floor having at least one storage hatch allowing access to a storage space in between the floor and the base panel.
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An underground shelter comprising:
- a housing unit having at least six panels, wherein one of the panels is a base panel connected to a bottom of the housing unit, wherein the at least six panels are affixed to each other along an interface, and wherein the at least six panels encompass an interior of the housing unit;
- at least one entry port into the housing unit, wherein the at least one entry port allows access into an interior of the housing unit, wherein the at least one entry port is at least partially covered by a removable entry hatch;
- a framework attached to the housing unit comprising at least two beam supports, wherein each beam support traverses across a corresponding one of the at least six panels, and wherein two of the at least two beam supports interface with each other and are perpendicular to each other;
- at least one of the two beam supports having a notch at an area where the two of the at least two support beams interface and each of the at least six panels interface with each other, wherein the notch allows for a straight weld line along the interface between the at least six panels;
- the housing unit having at least one connect point, wherein the at least one connect point allows for the housing unit to be connected to at least one cable to facilitate moving the entire housing unit;
- the housing unit having a floor, wherein the floor is located above the base panel in the interior of the housing unit, wherein the floor is supported by one or more joists;
- the floor having at least one storage hatch, wherein the at least one storage hatch opens to allow for access to a storage space in between the floor and the base panel;
- an air intake system comprising:
- at least one air intake pipe connected to a corresponding sloped intake air pipe connected to a corresponding vertical intake pipe, wherein the vertical intake pipe is attached to an exterior of an underground shelter, and wherein the sloped intake air pipe is angled downward away from the point at which the corresponding vertical intake pipe is connected to the corresponding sloped intake pipe, wherein the sloped intake pipe is configured such that condensation that forms in the sloped intake pipe drains away from the corresponding vertical intake pipe and into the corresponding air intake pipe, and wherein the air intake pipe is configured such that air located above ground, outside of the underground shelter, traverses through the at least one air intake pipe, through a corresponding vertical sloped intake air pipe, and through a corresponding vertical intake pipe to enter the interior of the underground shelter;
- at least one vertical exhaust pipe connected to a corresponding surface exhaust pipe, wherein the at least one vertical exhaust pipe is attached to an exterior of the underground shelter, and wherein the at least one vertical exhaust pipe is configured such that air located in the interior of the underground shelter traverses through the at least one vertical exhaust pipe and through the corresponding surface exhaust pipe to egress out of the interior of the underground shelter;
- the at least one surface intake pipe, the at least one vertical intake pipe, and the at least one vertical exhaust pipe each have a corresponding lower disposal pipe segment, wherein the corresponding lower disposal pipe segments protrude downward toward a distal end of the corresponding pipes;
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- each lower disposal pipe segment having at least one check valve, wherein the at least one check valve is connected to the corresponding lower disposal pipe at a distal end of the corresponding lower dispoal pipe, wherein the at least one check value is configured to allow received condensation to egress out of the corresponding lower disposal pipe segments, while air is inhibited from entering through the at least one check valve.
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