Patent ID: 7299811

Claim:
A personnel decontamination and containment system having a plurality of components positionable on a selected location for establishment of a multistation decontamination and containment facility to decontaminate personnel, the plurality of components comprising: a plurality of collapsible frame assemblies movable between a free-standing deployed position and a collapsed position; a flexible roof cover coupled to at least one of the frame assemblies to form a roof portion when the at least one of the frame assemblies is in the deployed position; a weapons clearing assembly having a container portion defining an interior area and having an inlet area communicating with the interior area, a ballistic absorption material removably contained in the interior area and positioned relative to the inlet area to receive and stop a projectile discharged from the weapon; a containment hamper assembly positionable proximate to at least one of the frame assemblies, the containment hamper assembly having an opening to receive and contain contaminated items; a shuffle box assembly positionable relative to at least one of the frame assemblies, the shuffle box assembly forming a shallow box structure with an open top side that personnel can step into, the shuffle box assembly being sized to retain a selected decontaminating or neutralizing material therein into which the personnel can step; a wipe dispensing assembly comprising: a support base coupleable to at least one of the frame assemblies; and at least one dispenser compartment attached to the support base, the at least one dispenser compartment having an entry aperture and a dispensing aperture, the at least one dispenser compartment being sized to receive a set of towelettes shaped and sized to fit within the at least one dispenser compartment through the entry aperture and being larger than the dispenser aperture, the dispenser aperture being shaped and sized to allow towelettes from the set of towelettes to be dispensed therethrough; a transportable containment system shaped and sized to carry the frame assemblies, roof cover, weapons clearing assembly, containment hamper assembly, shuffle box assembly, and wipe dispensing assembly, and being transportable as a unit to the selected location for establishment of a multistation decontamination and containment facility.