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US 5,794,389 AGranted
Hurricane home shelter
OwnerErwin L. Vysmainventor
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Abstract
A sheltering form of encapsulation with a mechanism to place the house into safety and means of covering, during the threat of destruction by a violent wind.
Claims12
A hurricane home shelter comprising:
- an open top concrete structure adapted to contain a building therein;
- said structure comprising:
- a) a fixed floor;
- b) opposed parallel side walls including footings disposed on said fixed floor;
- c) a building elevating means disposed on said fixed floor between said opposed parallel walls;
- d) said building elevating means being operable to selectively elevate and lower the building relative to said structure,
- said building elevating means comprises:
- a fixed base,
- a motion base, and
- a plurality of scissors-like sections connected intermediate said fixed base and said motion base.
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A hurricane home shelter as defined in claim 2, wherein said fixed base includes:
- a) opposed parallel brackets on said fixed base, at least one of which is securely fastened to said fixed floor;
- b) opposed parallel structural links interconnected by said opposed parallel brackets to define a square and stable base;
- c) said opposed parallel structural links include a stationary pivot on one end and a sliding pivot on the opposite end;
- and
- d) the bottom of said plurality of scissors-like sections is connected to said stationary and sliding pivots of said fixed base.
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A hurricane shelter for a structure comprising,
- a fixed floor;
- a plurality of side walls mounted at said fixed floor to define an enclosure;
- and
- elevating means disposed on said fixed floor and substantially surrounded by said side walls within said enclosure;
- said elevating means selectively operable to raise and lower the structure relative to said enclosure;
- said elevating means includes a fixed base securely fastened to said fixed floor
- a motion base detachably connected to said structure;
- and
- said elevating means includes at least one scissors lift section connected to said fixed base at the bottom thereof and to said motion base at the top thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.