Patent
Underground below building bunker
Earlston Raynor
- 17 May 2000
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TL;DR: An underground below-building bunker has bunker quarters positioned under ground (2) below a dwelling-related structure (3), such as a garage, a room or a hallway of a dwelling as mentioned in this paper.
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Abstract: 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 floor-entry door ( 5 ) such as a trapdoor, horizontal slide door or other through-floor entry leads to a vertical passageway ( 6 ) where a bunker door ( 7 ) provides entrance to a stairway ( 8 ) or ladder ( 9 ) to a bunker floor ( 10 ). A buffer zone of protection is provided in the vertical passageway intermediate the floor-entry door and the bunker door, which in combination provide a predetermined level of protection against foreseeable hazards. The ground below the dwelling-related structure has a depth at which enclosure structure ( 12 ) of the bunker quarters can provide protection against predetermined hazards. Air vents ( 15, 17 ) into separate portions of the bunker quarters provide safety redundance of air from safe-air sources ( 19 ). Outside communication with preferably a wireless phone ( 21 ), lights ( 22 ), storage ( 23 ), water ( 24 ), food ( 25 ), sewage disposal (26) and other features are provided selectively.
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