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Humans spend a substantial portion of their lives in bed. 25 - 30% is a typical range.
Earthquakes occur at any time.
BorgCo engineers are therefore designing an Earthquake Survival Bed.
This resembles a four-poster or canopy bed, although the canopy is seemingly quite low.
However, the base,
canopy, and uprights are in fact constructed of metal - and are extremely strong, designed to withstand substantial impacts and sustained loads from any angle. The sides have spring-operated pull-up metal shutters - pulling a lanyard releases them. They are slotted, for ventilation, and can be dismantled inwards to allow easy escape. The headboard is a panel of similar construction.
Under the canopy is a pack including battery-powered lighting, a manually-activated distress transponder, water, food, and a hand-cranked generator for lighting and a radio plus cellphone charging.
If an earthquake occurs at night and the building collapses, the occupants of the bed will be in a survival space. It can also act as a place of refuge during the day.
Earthquake proof bed
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WuM-EAnor4I
One of many similar designs. [xenzag, Oct 30 2016]
it looks like this..
https://s-media-cac...abe6bcf2096eb71.jpg
..but a bit more butch, construction wise.. [not_morrison_rm, Oct 30 2016]
Morrison shelter
http://ww2today.com...shelter-595x449.jpg
[not_morrison_rm, Oct 31 2016]
Double-figures earthquakes everyday-ish, Japanese seismographs
http://www.jma.go.j...ke_local_index.html
[not_morrison_rm, Nov 01 2016]
[link]
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//Under the canopy is a pack including...// yet,
strangely, no earthquake detector? |
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Well, that's more or less what I sleep under every night, except the canopy is braced wood and no side shutters. The uprights are 3 inch metal tubes and the rest is 2 inch x 3/4 inch box section. |
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Actually I'm cheating as the 5ft high canopy is what you are supposed to sleep on, giving maximum human squashing probability, doesn't seem a good deal imho. |
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// no earthquake detector? // |
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On the contrary, a distinctive audible and vibratory warning is provided as standard, accurately calibrated to the exact magnitude of the earthquake. |
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// The uprights are 3 inch metal tubes and the rest is 2 inch x 3/4 inch box section. // |
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Not bad. We envisage something similar to the passenger cell of a car. |
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Don't forget the small pencil and notebook for writing down
the horrific passage of time as no rescue comes. |
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Don't forget the small pencil and notebook for writing down
the horrific passage of time as no rescue comes. |
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So, two notebooks, then ? |
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Hence the transponder. Don't forget to activate it. |
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I really like this idea, and urge you to begin writing a business plan posthaste. |
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Steel-canopied beds have existed for a long time. |
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Yes, but not designed to fall through a floor, land on its side, have the rest of the building fall on it, and still provide a survival space for the occupant(s). |
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Dammit! I, of all people, should have remembered this one..the Morrison Shelter. Looks a bit drafty to me... |
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Yes, Prior Art indeed. Not as comfy, sophisticated or aesthetically pleasing as the BorgCo design, though. |
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//hand-cranked generator//? |
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Ah man, I finally get time to myself in bed and you want me
to manual labour? I suppose, as a backup, I guess. The first
source of power however should be some sort of
piezoelectric system to make use of all that crushing weight
now sitting upon the unit. |
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^thanks, but I can't take the pressure. (ironically) |
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Big springs, in 50% tension. When the house falls on your shelter, the springs are squashed down to 100% (or so) tension. |
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Simply pull the release handle and et voila the debris gets propelled somewhere else. Like onto next door. Unless they have the same plan. |
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Oh,if you are that bored, go check out the linky to "how many earthquakes had today"...lucky old Fukushima still seem to get the lion's share. I make it about 12 today... |
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These would sell like hotcakes in San Fran. ++++ |
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