REMOVEABLE ABOVE-GROUND STORM SHELTER AND METHOD OF USE

Abstract: a transportable storm shelter or kit for a transportable storm shelter having a plurality of removable frames and a plurality of removable skins removably receivable on or within the removable frames and secured together by removable fasteners that are not bolted in place. a hollow tube fastener, having a hollow tube guide and a removeable pin receivable therethrough, is configured on a surface of the removable skins to hold the removable skins in assembled configuration with the removable frames. the removable skins are securable from the interior of the shelter, allowing the occupant to remove the skins from within the interior by removing the pins from the fasteners. the storm shelter provides a door with hinges that may be removed from the exterior by rescue personnel. the storm shelter is approximately the size of a garage workbench and can be sold as a kit and assembled using minimal construction skills.

Inventor(s): Vincent D. Mims

CPC Classification: E04H9/14 (BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations ))

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