Low-cost redeployable protective shelter
AssigneeDirk DeRose
InventorDirk DeRose
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Abstract
A protective shelter is presented. The protective shelter includes a substantially cylindrical wall member defining a shelter interior. The wall member has a first end and a second end and an opening formed there through. A domed member is coupled to the first end of the wall member. A door coupled to the wall member. The door is openable to permit ingress and egress into and out of the shelter interior through the opening and being closeable to cover the opening. At least one anchor point is coupled to the wall member adjacent to the second end, such that the protective shelter can be anchored to an underlying substrate.
Claims21
A method of providing a protective shelter, the method comprising:
- receiving a pressure vessel having a substantially cylindrical wall member coupled between first and second domed end members, wherein the substantially cylindrical wall member has a central axis substantially equidistant from points on the substantially cylindrical wall member;
- removing the second domed end member along a plane substantially orthogonal to the central axis;
- forming an opening in the wall member of the pressure vessel;
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- attaching a door by at least one hinge to the wall member to cover the opening, wherein the wall member and first domed member define a shelter interior sized to accommodate one or more people.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.