Patent ID: 11905701
Assignee: SOUTHERN COMFORT SHELTERS, L.L.C.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  Y | IPC E

Claim 7:
8. A blast resistant shelter, comprising:
first and second structural members;
a third structural member coupled to, and extending between, the first and second structural members;
an airway defined adjacent the third structural member and between the first and second structural members;
a first blast panel mounted to the third structural member; and
a second blast panel;
wherein the blast resistant shelter is actuable between:
a first configuration, in which the first blast panel is detachably connected to another portion of the blast resistant shelter to inhibit the first blast panel from flapping open, thereby preventing, or at least reducing, air flow through the airway; and
a second configuration, in which the first blast panel is detached from the another portion of the blast resistant shelter to permit the first blast panel to flap open, thereby permitting air flow through the airway;

and
wherein the another portion of the blast resistant shelter comprises the second blast panel.