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US 8,011,143 B1Granted
Manufactured home/safety shelter system
OwnerVincent Ross Wetherupinventor
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Abstract
A slab is fabricated of concrete positionable adjacent to a side wall of a manufactured home. The slab has a periphery. The periphery forms a lower flange. A dome is positioned upon the slab. The dome has a flat face. The flat face is positionable in contact with the side wall. The flat face is formed with an opening in facing contact with the side wall. The dome has a peripheral flange remote from the opening. The peripheral flange of the dome is concentric with and smaller than the peripheral flange of the slab.
Claims2
A manufactured home/safety shelter system comprising:
- a manufactured home (14) having a top (16) and a bottom (18) and a front 20 and a rear 22 and parallel first an side walls (24), (26) between the front and rear and between the top and the bottom, the first side wall having a rectangular opening (28), the opening having a lowermost extent essentially coextensive with the bottom;
- a slab (32) fabricated of concrete, the slab being at ground level extending from the opening for a width, the slab laterally extending about a centerline perpendicularly from the first side wall, the slab having a thickness, the periphery of the slab remote from the first side wall forming a lower flange (34);
- a dome (38), positioned directly upon the slab, the dome having a flat face (40) in contact with the first side wall, the flat face formed with a secondary opening (42) in facing contact with the opening in the first side wall of the manufactured home, the secondary opening in the dome having a height and a width essentially equal to the height and width of the opening in the first side wall, the dome having a maximum height, the dome having a maximum width, the dome having a maximum depth, the dome having a peripheral flange (44) remote from the opening, the peripheral flange of the dome being concentric with the peripheral flange of the slab, the slab being fabricated of poured concrete with a thickness, and with reinforcing bars there within;
- a quantity of concrete (48) overlying the upper flange of the slab and the lower flange of the dome for securing the dome to the slab;
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- the dome forming an interior tornado-proof chamber (52) with a bench (54), the bench located within the chamber and extending from the flat wall of the dome and integrally formed of concrete with the dome.
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A manufactured home/safety shelter system (10) for providing safe refuge to manufactured home residents in the event of a tornado and other inclement weather, such providing of safe refuge being done in a safe, convenient and economical manner, the system comprising, in combination:
- a manufactured home (14) having a top (16) and a bottom (18) and a front (20) and a rear (22) and parallel first and second side walls (24), (26) between the front and rear and between the top and the bottom, the first side wall having a rectangular opening (28), the opening having a lowermost extent essentially coextensive with the bottom, the opening having a height of 4.0 feet, plus or minus 10 percent, and a width of 2.5 feet, plus or minus 10 percent;
- a slab (32) fabricated of concrete, the slab being at ground level extending from the opening for a width of 90 inches, plus or minus 10 percent, the slab laterally extending about a centerline perpendicularly from the first side wall for a length of 80 inches, plus or minus 10 percent, the slab having a thickness of 4 inches, plus or minus 10 percent, the periphery of the slab remote from the first side wall forming a lower flange (34);
- a dome (38) positioned directly upon the slab, the dome having a flat face (40) in contact with the first side wall, the flat face formed with a secondary opening (42) in facing contact with the opening in the first side wall of the manufactured home, the secondary opening in the dome having a height and a width essentially equal to the height and width of the opening in the first side wall, the dome having a maximum height of 72 inches, plus or minus 10 percent, the dome having a maximum width of 72 inches, plus or minus 10 percent, the dome having a maximum depth of 72 inches, plus or minus 10 percent, the dome having a peripheral flange (44) remote from the opening, the peripheral flange of the dome being concentric with and between 2 and 6 inches smaller than the peripheral flange of the slab, the slab being fabricated of poured concrete with a thickness of 4 inches, plus or minus 10 percent, and with reinforcing bars there within;
- a quantity of concrete (48) overlying the upper flange of the slab and the lower flange of the dome for securing the dome to the slab;
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- the dome forming an interior tornado-proof chamber (52) with a bench (54), the bench located within the chamber and extending from the flat wall of the dome and integrally formed of concrete with the dome.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.