Patent ID: 7234277

Claim:
An anti-seismic rescue apparatus to be placed in a room of a structure for protecting at least one occupant from shocks and impacts during seismic activity, for ensuring communication with the environment, for improving survival of the occupant from seismic activity during a period of time, and for improving conditions for a faster rescue of the occupant and their valuables caught inside the damaged structure, the apparatus comprising: a rescue device having: a rescue cabin defining an interior for accommodating at least one occupant and having in said interior survival devices for surviving burial and for assistance in rescue; a reinforcing frame protecting said rescue cabin from at least a first impact caused by seismic activity, said reinforcing frame being a metallic construction of spatially coupled triangular-shaped frame works; an external supporting system having connections releasably connected to said reinforcing frame for releasing said rescue cabin from said supporting system; and at least one of said reinforcing frame and said supporting system maintaining said rescue cabin in a substantially vertical position while the room keeps its integrity; a piece of furniture containing said rescue cabin therein and camouflaging said rescue cabin to harmonize said rescue cabin with an existing environment of the room; and a towing device connected to said rescue cabin for locating said rescue cabin and for quarrying out said rescue cabin from wreckage, said towing device being a rescue cable.