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 the 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 that comprises of at least two beam support and each beam support traverse across one of the at least two panels, and wherein the at least two of the 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 near an area where the at least two support beams interface and the at least one panel interfaces with the second panel, wherein the notch allows for a straight weld line along the interface between the at least one panel and the second panel.
An air intake system for an underground shelter comprising:
- an at least one surface intake pipe connected to a corresponding sloped intake pipe which is connected to a corresponding vertical intake pipe, wherein the vertical intake pipe is attached to the exterior of an underground shelter, and wherein the sloped intake pipe is angled downward away from the point at which the corresponding vertical intake pipe is connected to the corresponding sloped intake pipe, wherein condensation that forms in the sloped intake pipe is allowed to drain away from the corresponding vertical intake pipe and into the corresponding surface intake pipe, and wherein the air located above ground, outside of the underground shelter is allowed to traverse through the at least one surface intake pipe, through the corresponding vertical sloped intake pipe, and through the corresponding vertical intake pipe to enter the interior of the underground shelter;
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- an at least one vertical exhaust pipe which is connected to a corresponding surface exhaust pipe, wherein the vertical exhaust pipe is attached to the exterior of an underground shelter, and wherein air located in the interior of the underground shelter is allowed to traverse 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.
An underground shelter comprising:
- a housing unit having of at least six panels, wherein one of the panels is a base panel connected to the 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 the 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 that comprises of at least two beam supports and each beam support traverse across one of the at least six panels, and wherein the at least two of the beam supports interface with each other and are perpendicular to each other;
- at least one of the two beam supports having a notch near an area where the at least two support beams interface and the at least one panel interfaces with the second panel, wherein the notch allows for a straight weld line along the interface between the at least one panel and the second panel;
- 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 an 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:
- an at least one air intake pipe connected to a corresponding sloped intake air pipe which is connected to a corresponding vertical intake pipe, wherein the vertical intake pipe is attached to the 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 condensation that forms in the sloped intake pipe is allowed to drain away from the corresponding vertical intake pipe and into the corresponding air intake pipe, and wherein the air located above ground, outside of the underground shelter is allowed to traverse through the at least one air intake pipe, through the corresponding vertical sloped intake air pipe, and through the corresponding vertical intake pipe to enter the interior of the underground shelter;
- an at least one vertical exhaust pipe which is connected to a corresponding surface exhaust pipe, wherein the vertical exhaust pipe is attached to the exterior of an underground shelter, and wherein air located in the interior of the underground shelter is allowed to traverse 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, 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 segment protrudes downward toward the distal end of the corresponding pipe;
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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 its distal end, wherein the at least one check value is arranged to allow for received condensation to egress out of the corresponding lower disposal pipe segments, but air is inhibited from entering through the at least one check valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.