Patent ID: 8011143

Claim:
A manufactured home/safety shelter system comprising: a manufactured home ( 14 ) having a top ( 16 ) and a bottom ( 18 ) and a front 20 and a rear 22 and parallel first an side walls ( 24 ), ( 26 ) between the front and rear and between the top and the bottom, the first side wall having a rectangular opening ( 28 ), the opening having a lowermost extent essentially coextensive with the bottom; a slab ( 32 ) fabricated of concrete, the slab being at ground level extending from the opening for a width, the slab laterally extending about a centerline perpendicularly from the first side wall, the slab having a thickness, the periphery of the slab remote from the first side wall forming a lower flange ( 34 ); a dome ( 38 ), positioned directly upon the slab, the dome having a flat face ( 40 ) in contact with the first side wall, the flat face formed with a secondary opening ( 42 ) in facing contact with the opening in the first side wall of the manufactured home, the secondary opening in the dome having a height and a width essentially equal to the height and width of the opening in the first side wall, the dome having a maximum height, the dome having a maximum width, the dome having a maximum depth, the dome having a peripheral flange ( 44 ) remote from the opening, the peripheral flange of the dome being concentric with the peripheral flange of the slab, the slab being fabricated of poured concrete with a thickness, and with reinforcing bars there within; a quantity of concrete ( 48 ) overlying the upper flange of the slab and the lower flange of the dome for securing the dome to the slab; and the dome forming an interior tornado-proof chamber ( 52 ) with a bench ( 54 ), the bench located within the chamber and extending from the flat wall of the dome and integrally formed of concrete with the dome.