Safe room ii

Abstract

A protective shelter and methods for manufacturing are disclosed. A protective shelter includes a room having a plurality of sides and a roof to form an enclosed space where the sides and roof of the shelter are reinforced with a plurality of reinforcing rods and the reinforcing rods of the sides are connected to the reinforcing rods of the roof, at least one opening in one of the sides for a door to provide access to the enclosed space of the room, at least four channel base rails that have a pair of top edges, a channel bottom defined between the pair of top edges, a first end and a second end and where the base rails are incorporated into the bottom portions of each side of the room, a plurality of vertical dead bolt anchors welded to the channel bottoms of the base rails and a lower end of at least one of the reinforcing rods of the sides is wired to an upper end of one of the plurality of vertical dead bolt anchors.

1 . A protective shelter comprising:
 a room having a plurality of sides and a roof to form an enclosed space, wherein the sides and roof of the shelter are reinforced with a plurality of reinforcing rods and the reinforcing rods of the sides are connected to the reinforcing rods of the roof;   at least one opening in one of the sides for a door, wherein the door provides access to the enclosed space of the room;   at least four channel base rails, wherein each base rail has a pair of top edges, a channel bottom defined between the pair of top edges, a first end and a second end and the base rails are incorporated into the bottom portions of each side of the room,   a plurality of vertical dead bolt anchors welded to the channel bottoms inside the pair of top edges of the base rails and extending upward in a vertical direction, wherein a lower end of at least one of the reinforcing rods of the sides is wired to an upper end of one of the plurality of vertical dead bolt anchors;   a plurality of column supports each having a top portion and a bottom portion that is tied into and part of a house foundation, wherein the base rails are fixedly attached to the top portions of the column supports by a retaining plate and the bottom portions of the column supports join the shelter into the foundation of a home, and   wherein concrete poured to cover the supports above the top edges of the base rails forms a floor slab of the shelter.   
     
     
         2 . The protective shelter of  claim 1 , wherein a portion of the reinforcing rods of the sides of the shelter comprise welded wire mesh. 
     
     
         3 . The protective shelter of  claim 1 , wherein a portion of the reinforcing rods of the roof of the shelter comprise welded wire mesh. 
     
     
         4 . The protective shelter of  claim 1 , wherein the poured concrete joins the shelter into a foundation of a home 
     
     
         5 . The protective shelter of  claim 1 , wherein the shelter is made from a durable material. 
     
     
         6 . The protective shelter of  claim 5 , wherein the durable material is steel-reinforced concrete. 
     
     
         7 . The protective shelter of  claim 1 , wherein at least one fastener secures each base rail to the supports, thereby securing the entire shelter. 
     
     
         8 . The protective shelter of  claim 7 , wherein the at least one fastener is a wedge anchor. 
     
     
         9 . A method of manufacturing a protective shelter, the method comprising:
 providing an inner mold core;   forming a channel frame that encloses the inner mold core by joining four channel base rails in a rectangular configuration, the channel frame defining four sides of the protective shelter;   welding a plurality of vertical dead bolt anchors into at least one channel bottom of the four channel base rails of the channel frame;   wiring a lower end of at least one of a plurality of reinforcing rods of the sides to an upper end of one of the plurality of vertical dead bolt anchors to form a wiring joint;   positioning an outer surrounding mold shell to form a mold; and,   pouring concrete into the mold containing the channel frame to form the four walls and roof of the shelter.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising removing the protective shelter from the mold. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising tying a bottom portion of a sheet of welded wire mesh to the upper end of one of the plurality of vertical dead bolt anchors and tying a side end of the welded wire mesh to a corner reinforcing rod. 
     
     
         12 . A method of incorporating and anchoring a protective shelter to an existing home, the method comprising:
 constructing a protective shelter, wherein the shelter comprises a room having a plurality of sides and a roof to form an enclosed space, wherein the sides and roof of the shelter are reinforced with a plurality of reinforcing rods and the reinforcing rods of the sides are connected to the reinforcing rods of the roof;   at least one opening in one of the sides for a door, wherein the door provides access to the enclosed space of the room;   at least four channel base rails, wherein each base rail has a pair of top edges, a channel bottom defined between the pair of top edges, a first end and a second end and the base rails are incorporated into the bottom portions of each side of the room,   a plurality of vertical dead bolt anchors welded to the channel bottoms of the base rails and wherein a lower end of at least one of the reinforcing rods of the sides is wired to an upper end of one of the plurality of vertical dead bolt anchors; and,   a plurality of column supports each having a top portion and a bottom portion that is tied into and part of the house foundation, wherein the base rails are fixedly attached to the top portions of the column supports by a retaining plate and the bottom portions of the column supports join the shelter into the foundation of a home;   placing a plurality of supports in a predetermined location of the home attached to a home foundation;   placing the at least four base rails of the protective shelter on the plurality of supports;   securing the at least four base rails to the supports; and   pouring concrete to form a floor slab, wherein the concrete is poured to cover the supports above the top edges of the base rails to form a base of the shelter and a floor slab for the home.