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Cold-formed steel above ground tornado shelter

US9938710B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 31, 2015
Grant dateApr 10, 2018
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 31, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02A50/00
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A tornado shelter which meets the structural performance criteria of ICC, FEMA, ASCE, AISI, and ACI, produced from trapezoidal cold-formed steel panels.

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