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7160058 Methods and module for an underground assembly for storm water retention or detention  
Methods and modules for use in a modular assembly are disclosed for retaining or detaining storm water beneath a ground surface. A module comprises a substantially horizontally disposed deck...
7131239 Structural slab and wall assembly for use with expansive soils  
A foundation assembly for use with expansive soils. The assembly includes a slab form, such as metal pan, for receiving poured concrete, a structural slab cast into the form, and structural...
7003918 Building foundation with unique slab and wall assembly, external sump, and void retention dam  
A structural foundation assembly for use with expansive and other soils. The foundation includes slab and wall assembly in which foundation walls are poured on an upper surface of a previously...
6991402 Methods and modules for an underground assembly for storm water retention or detention  
Methods and modules for use in a modular assembly are disclosed for retaining or detaining storm water beneath a ground surface. A module comprises a substantially horizontally disposed deck...
6986226 Manhole water seal-cap/diverter  
A device prevents water from leaking into a manhole. The device includes a body having first and second portions that are integrally formed. The first portion extends along and above a periphery of...
6973758 Shielded structure for radiation treatment equipment and method of assembly  
A structure that can be partially assembled at one location, transported to a site in modules, and then fully assembled into a structure suitable for housing a therapeutic radiation source is...
6948281 Storm shelter  
The storm shelter is a portable above ground shelter that is aerodynamically stable and can be dimensioned to fit under a standard sized mobile home. The shelter provides an enclosure formed by an...
6941709 Door insulator  
A door insulator includes a door covering and insulator device for selectively positioning over exterior positioned lower level doors. The lower level doors includes a pair of doors that are...
6915612 Window well with increased in-ground stability  
Window well assembly of the type adapted for below soil grade attachment to a foundational structure adjacent a basement window or the like. The assembly includes a bottom member adapted to provide...
6772566 Below grade utilities vault  
A below grade utilities connections vault is disclosed. The vault of the present invention comprises a concrete box with lockable, hinged lid. A floor platform lies at a distance above the bottom...
6769222 Wall straightening device and method of installation  
A below ground wall anchoring and straightening device including a horizontally disposed elongate rod member and an earth anchor secured to one end of the rod member. An elongate wall brace plate...
6681533 Apparatus for preventing floodwater from entering a building  
Apparatus for preventing flood water entering a building through a wall opening has a first member for permanent attachment to the wall and second member detachably fixed to the first member. The...
6651391 Shroud for septic tank access opening  
A shroud for use in combination with a septic tank having an access opening and an access cover. The shroud surrounds the access opening and facilitates removal of the access cover covering the...
6490830 Life maintenance apparatus  
A life maintenance apparatus to be used in case of earthquake or other disasters when users are buried in debris of a collapsed building. A six sided includes two parallel upper and bottom layers...
6484454 Multi-circular modular residence  
A residential complex formed of circular modules, the central part of the residence formed by the principal circular module and the bedrooms and other remote living areas formed by secondary...
6481166 Weather shelter  
A method and apparatus for a weather shelter having a base, the base having a peripheral edge and being secured to the ground, a dome with a circumferential edge, wherein the dome fits completely...
6438907 Entranceway and disaster shelter utilizing the same  
An entranceway for a disaster shelter and a disaster shelter. The entranceway include a substantially hollow main manway, a hatch dome ring disposed about, and extending outward from, the open top...
6438906 Safe room  
A safe room for protecting an occupant against tornado and other extremely high winds, where at least one wall member and roof member of the safe room are constructed from at least one...
6434896 Double-walled underground tornado shelter with connection means on the flanges of upper and lower hemispherical halves  
An underground tornado shelter having a double-hull design is constructed through a rotational molding process from any one of a variety of materials, such as linear medium-density polyethylene....
6415558 Tornado shelter  
A Storm Shelter which meets FEMA criteria and can be assembled from the inside, within an existing room of a house. The shelter includes connection members which are not joined to one another at...
6412231 Blast shelter  
A blast shelter for protecting individuals during a blast or a natural disaster. The blast shelter includes an outer perimeter wall and an inner perimeter wall. The inner perimeter wall is...
6401409 Underground storm shelter  
An underground storm shelter comprising a bottom section, expander section and a top section bolted together to form the shelter. The base section has a closed bottom while the top section has an...
6401403 Storm shelter kit and method of assembly with means for selectably configuring a wind deflecting soil mound  
A storm shelter kit is provided including several enclosure wall panels; wall panel interconnection structures for joining the enclosure wall panels together to define an enclosure having side and...
6393776 Tornado shelter with composite structure and concrete tub encasement  
A protective shelter for installation above and in the ground including a superstructure style frame, a composite wall structure for absorbing energy from missile impacts, and a tub encased in a...
6385921 Underground structure for residential and business use  
A wall and roof structure primarily for buildings that are partly under ground. In the roof structure, sheets of steel are placed in an upward concave position supported by beams and columns with...
6385920 Modular storm shelter with emergency breakaway access chute  
An emergency storm shelter providing save haven for occupants during tornados and windstorms. The shelter features an elongated cylinder with sealed ends forming a center cavity for occupants...
6385919 Disaster shelter  
A disaster shelter for mounting under ground. The shelter includes an entranceway having at least one air vent and a substantially hollow paraboloid shaped shelter cell. The shelter cell includes a...
6385913 Steel manhole  
A steel manhole is provided which includes a steel box having a hole having a bolt hole and formed at an upper portion of the same, a height control pipe having a vertical longitudinal hole...
6374553 Concrete step shelter  
An economical step shelter is disclosed for use with mobile homes, modular homes, or other homes not incorporating basements. The step shelter is manufactured by modifying the existing molds for...
6349508 Small type of seismic shelter case  
A small type of seismic shelter case, including an external layer of case of high strength, devised with a main entrance/exit opening and at least one secondary life escape exit, providing the...
6338596 Waste collection device  
A waste collection device which comprises, inside a pit, a plate for supporting at least one container; the plate is provided with supports adapted to limit its downward motion to a minimum...
6332303 Method of building underground structure  
A method of building an underground structure using concrete columns to be vertically installed at corners and at positions between the corners and concrete panels to be filled between adjacent...
6321491 Bulkhead door seal  
A bulkhead door seal is a sealing device that provides effective sealing of the interface between a bulkhead door assembly and a top of a concrete foundation wall to which it is attached. It...
6308471 Underground below building bunker  
An underground below-building bunker has bunker quarters (1) positioned under ground (2) below a dwelling-related structure (3), such as a garage, a room or a hallway of a dwelling (4). A...
6308466 Tornado protective enclosure  
The invention provides a temporary portable shelter for an individual or individuals from the severe effects of a tornado or hurricane. The Enclosure consists of an case, having six sides, which is...
6293055 Combined bed and shelter device  
A combined bed and shelter device is disclosed. The device is anchored through a plurality of parallel spaced joists to a base for protecting a user in the event of a natural disaster or the like....
6266863 Method of fabricating for prefabricated emergency shelter  
A method of fabrication of an emergency shelter to be used under the floor of a residential or commercial structure. In the preferred embodiment, a prefabricated acrylic shelter is sized to...
6263637 Prefabricated emergency shelter  
A method of installation of an emergency shelter to be used under the floor of a residential or commercial structure. In the preferred embodiment, a prefabricated acrylic shelter is sized to...
6260312 Prefabricated emergency shelter  
An emergency shelter to be used under the floor of a residential or commercial structure. In the preferred embodiment, a prefabricated acrylic shelter is sized to accommodate at least one...
6244003 Building room structure  
The present invention includes a unique mid-level room arrangement for a building structure such as a residential home. The building structure is comprised of at least one room on a first below...
6226932 Building with storm-proof room  
A wind-resistant room is constructed within a building without a cellar. The room includes a plurality of pre-cast concrete wall panels inflexibly secured to and extending outwardly from a concrete...
6205717 Bunker construction  
A bunker construction is comprised of precast arch elements which form a semicircular roof of the bunker by engaging cast-in-place footings. A front and back plate cover the front and back of the...
6161345 Tornado shelter  
A tornado shelter having a rectangular horizontal top, a rectangular horizontal bottom disposed below and parallel to the top, a vertical forward end connected transversely the top and bottom, a...
6155005 Lift-assisted entrance to an external basement entryway  
A lift-assisted entrance to provide ground-level access to an external basement entryway to a building. The lift-assisted entrance has a pivotable roof vertical, rectangular side walls, and a front...
6131343 Apparatus and method for storm shelter  
The present invention 10 discloses an apparatus and method for a storm shelter which can be used aboveground and belowground, and, may be skin supported. The present invention discloses that its...
6085475 Portable severe weather storm shelter  
A portable storm shelter is disclosed. The shelter includes a thin plastic tank surrounded by a horizontal frame that includes anchor legs. The shell and frame are covered with a protective layer...
6076313 Facility for maintaining an item in a controlled environment  
A method and apparatus for providing a controlled environment for storing, producing, growing and/or processing at least one item. The method includes the steps of introducing an item into an...
6061976 Protective shelter  
A protective shelter is shown which is installed at least partly in the surrounding earth. The shelter has a metal body with a top, bottom, opposing end walls and opposing sidewalls. The sidewalls...
6050050 Form in-place submersible pump containment  
A method of upgrading an existing unprotected submersible pump area with secondary containment to prevent accidental release of harmful materials from contaminating the soil below grade.
6044596 Building complex for disposing of toxic and otherwise hazardous waste materials  
A building complex for disposing of toxic or otherwise hazardous waste materials. The complex comprises heptagonal shaped center core structure and five rhomboid shaped wing structures dedicated to...
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