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US 12,497,797 B2Granted
Natural disaster shelter/pre-fabricated house
OwnerJohn W. Fuller, Bernardo Gomez-Gonzalezinventors
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Abstract
A natural disaster shelter includes light weight steel profile prefabricated field assembled frames, recycled plastic membrane separators and an impregnated cloth membrane or other structural membrane covering on all exposed surfaces of the structure including foundation and roof. A method of forming a natural disaster shelter and a kit of parts for forming a natural disaster shelter are also provided.
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A natural disaster shelter comprising:
- lightweight steel prefabricated field assembled frames, including perimeter ground beams, and vertical light weight steel corner and central columns integrated with the ground beams to form wall units;
- a geo-membrane foundation structurally integrated with the ground beams;
- plastic wall separators attached transverse to and between the steel columns;
- and
- an impregnated cloth membrane covering on all surfaces of the structure, including the foundation and a roof,
- wherein the lightweight steel frames are cold rolled steel frames structurally integrated by means of tensors or tendons connected between the ground beams and columns.
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A method of forming a natural disaster shelter, comprising:
- providing lightweight steel prefabricated field assembled frames, including perimeter ground beams, and vertical lightweight steel corner and central columns integrated with the ground beams to form wall units;
- providing a geo-membrane foundation structurally integrated with the ground beams;
- providing plastic wall separators attached transverse to and between the steel columns;
- and
- providing an impregnated cloth membrane covering on all surfaces of the structure, including the foundation and a roof,
- wherein the lightweight steel frames are cold rolled steel frames structurally integrated by means of tensors or tendons connected between the ground beams and columns.
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A kit of parts for forming a natural disaster shelter, comprising:
- lightweight steel frames configured to be field assembled, wherein the lightweight steel frames include perimeter ground beams, and vertical lightweight steel corner and central columns configured to be integrated with the ground beams to form wall units;
- a geo-membrane foundation configured to be structurally integrated with the ground beams;
- plastic wall separators configured to be attached transverse to and between the steel columns;
- and
- an impregnated cloth membrane configured to cover all surfaces of the structure, including the foundation and a roof,
- wherein the lightweight steel frames are cold rolled steel frames configured to be structurally integrated by means of tensors or tendons configured to be connected between the ground beams and columns.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.