US 12,246,807 B2
Simple shelter for flood evacuation
Akihiro Noguchi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NIHON TAISHIN SEKKEI CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NIHON TAISHIN SEKKEI CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/750,998.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-087344 (JP), filed on May 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0380008 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B63C 9/06 (2006.01); E04H 9/14 (2006.01)
CPC B63C 9/06 (2013.01) [E04H 9/145 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A simple shelter for flood evacuation comprising:
a floating body being substantially cylindrical and formed by a plurality of floats each filled with a gas injected through a gas injection valve and having a hollow doughnut shape, the plurality of floats being stacked in a vertical direction and vertically adjacent floats of the plurality of floats being connected to each other; and
two partition plates provided on inner circumferential sides of uppermost and lowermost floats, respectively, of the plurality of floats;
an inner peripheral surface of the floating body and the two partition plates forming an accommodation space being closed for accommodating an evacuee by preventing water from entering from an outside, and
the two partition plates each provided with a door for the evacuee to enter and exit the accommodation space.