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US 2009/0013621 A1Published application
Tornado resistant house
OwnerCarlos Marroquininventor
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Abstract
A tornado resistant structure which includes a base and a building structure positioned on the base, The building structure includes a plurality of deflection walls and reinforced corners and a plurality of skylights carried on a roof of the building structure, wherein each skylight includes a tapered sidewall. The building structure includes an entrance and a drain positioned proximate to the entrance.
Claims14
A tornado resistant structure, comprising:
- a base;
- a building structure positioned on the base, wherein the building structure includes a plurality of deflection walls and reinforced corners;
- and
- a plurality of skylights carried on a roof of the building structure, wherein each skylight includes a tapered sidewall.
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A tornado resistant structure, comprising:
- a base;
- a building structure positioned on the base, wherein the building structure includes
- a plurality of angled deflection walls;
- a reinforced corner positioned between each adjacent deflection wall;
- a front entrance extending through one of the deflection walls;
- a first drain positioned to receive water flowing through the front entrance;
- and
- a skylight carried on a roof of the building structure, wherein each skylight includes a tapered sidewall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.