The current invention correlates to the field of underground evacuation or disaster shelters commonly known as bunkers. More precisely, the current invention relates to 1.) the material that the underground shelters (P.E.D.'s) are made out of, and 2.) how the shelters will maintain warmth, and safeguard electronic devices during a natural or manmade electromagnetic pulse (EMP) emission.
Parapet Earth Dwellings or P.E.D.'s are pre-fabricated shelters designed to be attached to existing or new home and business structures for emergency evacuation. These structures will be designed with the latest polymers and compounds comparable to that of traditional metals being used today such as with smooth or corrugated metal pipes.
These structures will be primarily designed and encased with EMP technology to safeguard electronic devices that could potentially be inoperative during a manmade or cosmic energy pulse emission. These structures are designed to be installed underground at a minimum of 15 feet from the top of the structure varying in height and length based on a customer's needs. These structures will also have the ability to maintain warmth byway of geo-thermal penetrating technology.
There are existing evacuation shelters as referenced by Patent Application/Publication Numbers: US20140202091 A1; PCT/KR2011/003915; U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,797,888 B2; 5,749,181; 3,164,111.
The main problems with today's underground evacuation shelters is that they are not infused with an added layer of EMP protection that carbon flakes will provide. Furthermore, today's structures are not pliable during earth shifts or use geo-thermal energy as a standard or recommended source to maintain warmth. These disadvantages create the need for newer techniques to be implemented and applied.
Because this intellectual effort is considered a new product form that impacts a consumer's personal choice, it is of economic and commercial importance and represents an added value while promoting healthy competition. P.E.D. Shelters are the next generation of underground emergency evacuation shelters providing additional EMP protection, natural geo-thermal warmth, and structural flexibility during slight earth movements.
The figures below are simplistic views and descriptions to be looked upon as examples and are not to limit the specificity of the invention(s) itself. The purpose of the drawings is to shed light on the different elements making up the design of the P.E.D. Shelters unique from existing evacuation shelters.