Portable domed storm shelter

A storm resistant dome-shaped shelter, which is readily manually assembled and disassembled, as needed, said shelter comprising:

• a plurality of side-by-side generally triangular shaped arched segments enclosing a generally circular area, said plurality of side-by-side generally triangular shaped arched segments are stackable to reduce required storage space;
• a support base;
• a tubular rigid vertical support mast having a first end and a second end with said first end of said tubular rigid vertical support mast releasably secured to said support base at the center of said encircled area;
• each of said arched segments comprising a lower end resting on said support base and a pair of spaced apart rigid upwardly arched truss members converging upwardly from said lower end and a weather and UV resistant covering skin;
• said plurality of side-by-side generally triangular shaped arched segments comprising a multitude of female segments each having a slotted tapered end located distal said lower end and a multitude of male segments each having an abutment tapered end located distal said lower end, said slotted tapered end of said female segment receiving a portion of said second end of a tubular rigid vertical support mast therein and said abutment tapered end of said male segment engaging a portion of said second end of said tubular rigid vertical support mast directly adjacent said slotted tapered end of said female segment;
• a manually releasable latch assembly comprises an interior latch and an exterior latch connected by a threaded rod extending through each truss member of said arched segments, said latch assembly securing each arched truss member of said segment to the adjacent arched truss member of said adjacent segment;
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• manually releasable locking means securing said mast to said segments.

A storm resistant dome-shaped shelter, which is readily manually assembled and disassembled, as needed, said shelter comprising:

• a plurality of side-by-side generally triangular shaped arched segments enclosing a generally circular area, said plurality of side-by-side generally triangular shaped arched segments are stackable to reduce required storage space;
• each of said arched segments including a lower end resting on said support base, a pair of spaced apart rigid upwardly arched truss members converging upwardly from said lower end, and a weather and UV resistant covering skin;
• a support base;
• a tubular rigid vertical support mast having a first end and a second end with said first end of said tubular rigid vertical support mast releasably secured to said support base at the center of said encircled area;
• said plurality of side-by-side generally triangular shaped arched segments comprising a multitude of female segments each having a slotted tapered end located distal said lower end and a multitude of male segments each having an abutment tapered end located distal said lower end, said slotted tapered end of said female segment receiving a portion of said second end of a tubular rigid vertical support mast therein and said abutment tapered end of said male segment engaging a portion of said second end of said tubular rigid vertical support mast directly adjacent said slotted tapered end of said female segment;
• each of said arched truss members comprising an outer vertical member, an inner vertical member, and an internal support structure located in between said vertical members with said internal support structure including a plurality of spacers and a webbing in contact with all of said spacers;
• a manually releasable latch assembly comprises an interior latch and an exterior latch connected by a threaded rod extending through each truss member of said arched segments, said latch assembly securing each arched truss member of said segment to the adjacent arched truss member of said adjacent segment;
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• manually releasable locking means securing said mast to said segments.