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US 7,458,305 B1Granted
Modular safe room
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsRobert L. Horlander, Albert John Degott
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Abstract
A modular bullet resistant safe room constructed of a plurality of panels and having external seam covers connected to selected panels to cover the seam where joined to adjacent panels. Top panels are oriented transverse to the longitudinal direction of the room, and are of the same width as side panels. In this manner the room may be easily lengthened or shortened by adding or removing top and side panels.
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A modular safe room, comprising:
- a plurality of panels of ballistic resistant material, each having an interior side and an exterior side, and selectively joined together at seams to define a room having a front, back, sides and a top;
- a plurality of seam covers overlapping respective ones of said seams;
- said seam covers being affixed to selected ones of said panels on the exterior side thereof;
- said room extends in a longitudinal direction;
- said panels include side panels and top panels;
- a said top panel being of the same width as a said side panel;
- each said top panel extending in a transverse direction and joined to side panels on either side of said safe room;
- said side panels include a first type having a seam cover affixed to the exterior side thereof, and a second type having no seam cover affixed thereto.
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A safe room, comprising:
- a plurality of panels of ballistic resistant material, each having an interior side and an exterior side, and selectively joined together at seams to define a room having a front, back, sides and a top;
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- a plurality of seam covers overlapping respective ones of said seams;
- said seam covers being affixed to selected ones of said panels on the exterior side thereof;
- said room extends in a longitudinal direction;
- said panels include side panels and top panels;
- a said top panel being of the same width as a said side panel;
- each said top panel extending in a transverse direction and joined to side panels on either side of said safe room;
- room;
- wherein said top panels include a first type having a seam cover affixed to the exterior side thereof, and a second type having no seam cover affixed thereto.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.