The present invention is in the field of civilian security, aiming to provide protection against threats of war.
The fact that most of the population in small and especially in large cities live in apartments and are confined to indoor living quarters, impart some limitations as regards the issue of war time protection. A missile or a projectile or a fragment of a projectile or fragments of torn masonry elements may be the cause of direct physical damage to humans or to property. Additional mechanical threat can be created as explosive charges are activated, causing blasts and fear. The aim of the present invention is to address such issues by providing protection to some degree to apartment dwellers.
The present invention relates to an erectable shelter for indoor use, providing protection against threats associated with missiles. The shelter includes: one metal frame attached to at least one of the internal walls of an apartment; six protective walls attached to the frame for forming a shelter, wherein one wall covers the opening of the frame, four other walls are hinged on the frame, and another wall is hinged on a free edge of one side wall; and at least one strut connecting at least a ceiling wall with the frame.
Other features and advantages of the instant invention will become apparent from the following description of the invention which refers to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. lA is a schematic top view of an erectable shelter of the invention showing a wall section and a shelter frame.
In accordance with the present invention, an unfoldable shelter is made available for inhabitants of houses or flats (apartments) inside multi-storied building or any other multi apartment living house. The basic embodiment of the invention is a packaged metal cube, or a prism having all adjacent faces at right angles to each other. The shelter can be unfolded or deployed within a room inside an apartment or a building, to form a secluded space surrounded on all the shelter's six faces by a mechanically fortified wall. In another embodiment, the foldable construction is also equipped internally, with a gas and aerosol proof enclosure.
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The Frame and its Anchorage
The frame 22 can be supported by the wall 38 with which an opening 48 (
Inside—Out Deployment
Generally, the walls of the shelter, including the roof 26 and the floor 82, are pivotally pulled out of the frame 22, except for the one wall (i.e. rear wall), which remains covering the frame, or which could be a portion of (i.e. integrated in) the frame. Five walls are therefore swiveled out. The shelter side walls 38 are swiveled from the frame 22 each to each own side until they face each other, parallel. Then the roof 26 is swiveled upwards and the floor 82 is swiveled downwards. This order is exemplary and is summarized in the flow chart of
Top and Bottom Faces of the Shelter
Reference is now made to
To ease the unfolding of the top and bottom walls (i.e. ceiling 34 and floor 82, respectively), struts, such as struts 88 may be inserted at one or both flanks of the wall. As can be seen in
Windows and Openings
In the side walls 38, and in the closing vertical wall 46 (
The Walls
The walls are connected via hinges 102 to the frame 22. As can be seen in
The side walls 38 are preferably equipped with one or more latches (not shown) to secure to the floor 32 and/or ceiling 34. Fastening the latches may also provide a way by which the walls may be drawn closer and make contact with the ceiling/floor to decrease or prevent gap formation therebetween.
Protection Provided
The shelter of the invention is to provide protection against indirect missile hits. It is to protect against the pressure shock or blast, shrapnel, projectiles such as masonry debris, falling objects and to some extent bullet and hard sharp projectiles in general.
Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (Nbc) Threat Shelter
As additional embodiment, a shelter for protecting against biological and chemical and even nuclear hazard or biological hazards (weapon or non weapon) is provided, to be installed with the shelter of the invention. This shelter of this embodiment is in the form of an erectable air tight tent, with provisions for filtering air. The tent is connected mechanically to the shelter (from the inside) using hook and loop fasteners such as VELCRO straps. Beth El Industries of 1 Avshalom Road Zikhron Yaakov, Israel provides filtration systems, such as purified air blower type LB 36 for providing purified air to such NBC shelters.
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