Emergency mobile sleep units

• US 20060103154A1
• Filed: 12/29/2005
• Published: 05/18/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Berry C. Glen
• Original Assignee: Berry C. Glen
• Inventors: Berry, C. Glen
• Application Number:
  US11/319,713
• Publication Number:
  US 20060103154A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 296/24.390
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/32 comprising living accommodation for people, e.g. caravans, camping, or like vehicles tents or canopies, in general E04H15/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/39 expansible, collapsible or repositionable elements adapted to support a bed, e.g. wall portions

Abstract

An emergency mobile sleeping unit transportable from site to site by tractor-trailer, railway, airlift, or by water includes a tractor-trailer unit modified to create sleeping quarters and an office and workstation usable by a number of individuals. The sleeping unit can be in a number of different configurations each of which can include several rows of flip up sleeping bunks attachable to the sidewalls of the unit and that can be opened for use and folded up to open the interior of the unit when the bunks are not in use, an office and bunk area that can include storage drawers, a countertop, a refrigerator, a microwave oven, wall-hung storage cabinets, water coolers, a generator cabinet for storage of a diesel-fired portable generator, and telecommunications ports, connections and equipment. Pop-out escape windows are located adjacent each flip up bunk to provide quick exit when necessary from the mobile sleeping unit.

Claims

1. An emergency mobile sleeping unit, comprising:

an elongated trailer having a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of opposed sidewalls, a roof, a ceiling and a floor;

the trailer being divided into an office and bunk area and a general sleeping quarters with a divider wall separating the office and bunk area from the general sleeping quarters;

a plurality of pop out escape windows located on each sidewall and capable of being pushed out to allow access to and egress from the office and bunk area and the general sleeping quarters area;

a double coat closet located in the office and bunk area;

a refrigerator located in the office and bunk area;

a microwave oven resting upon the refrigerator and located in the office and bunk area;

a generator cabinet located within the office and bunk area;

a generator stored within the generator cabinet for providing power for the emergency mobile sleeping unit;

a plurality of flip up bunks disposed within the general sleeping quarters and mounted to each sidewall with each flip up bunk capable of being disposed to a use position and a folded up position;

the flip up bunks mounted to each sidewall being arranged in three rows of flip up bunks with the flip up bunks of the lowermost rows being located adjacent to the pop out escape windows;

a plurality of cargo nets with each cargo net extending over and covering one flip up bunk when that respective flip up bunk is folded out to the use disposition;

a plurality of removable safety ladders for disposition adjacent to the flip up bunks for providing easy access to the flip up bunks; and

a plurality of privacy drapes mounted to the ceiling and pendent therefrom for further dividing the general sleeping quarters into at least three separate sleeping compartments.

2. The emergency mobile sleeping unit of claim 1 further comprising a deck section at the front of the trailer and which accommodates the office and bunk area.

3. The emergency mobile sleeping unit of claim 2 further comprising a front side access door located on one sidewall and adjacent the deck section of the trailer.

4. The emergency mobile sleeping unit of claim 3 further comprising a rear access door located on the rear wall and providing access to the general sleeping quarters.

5. The emergency mobile sleeping unit of claim 4 further comprising retractable steps mounted to the deck section and below the front side access door for extension from the deck section to facilitate use of the front side access door and retraction thereunder when the front side access door is not being used.

6. The emergency mobile sleeping unit of claim 5 further comprising a heating and cooling unit that is mounted to the roof of the trailer for heating and cooling the office and bunk area and the general sleeping quarters.

7. The emergency mobile sleeping unit of claim 6 further comprising a plurality of sidewall vents mounted to the sidewalls of the trailer for providing ventilation and air circulation within the office and bunk area and the general sleeping quarters.

8. An emergency mobile sleeping unit, comprising:

an elongated trailer having a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of opposed sidewalls, a roof, an underside, a ceiling opposite the roof, and a floor;

the trailer being divided into an office and bunk area and a general sleeping quarters section with a divider wall separating the office and bunk area from the general sleeping quarters section;

a plurality of pop out escape windows located on each sidewall and capable of being pushed out to allow egress from the general sleeping quarters section and the office and bunk area;

a generator cabinet located within the office and bunk area;

a generator for storage within the generator cabinet for providing power for the emergency mobile sleeping unit;

a plurality of flip up bunks disposed within the general sleeping quarters section and mounted to each sidewall with all the flip up bunks capable of being disposed to a use position and a non-use position that is adjacent the respective sidewalls;

the flip up bunks mounted to each sidewall so that they are arranged in three rows with the flip up bunks arranged on a lowermost row being located adjacent to the pop out escape windows;

a plurality of cargo nets with each cargo net extending over and covering one flip up bunk when that respective flip up bunk is folded out to the use position;

a plurality of removable safety ladders for disposition adjacent to the flip up bunks for providing easy access to the flip up bunks; and

at least two privacy drapes mounted to the ceiling and pendent therefrom for further dividing the general sleeping quarters section into at least three separate sleeping compartments.

9. The emergency mobile sleeping unit of claim 8 further comprising a double coat closet that is located in the office and bunk area.

10. The emergency mobile sleeping unit of claim 9 further comprising a refrigerator that is located within the office and bunk area and powered from the generator.

11. The emergency mobile sleeping unit of claim 10 further comprising a microwave oven that is disposed upon the refrigerator and powered from the generator.

12. The emergency mobile sleeping unit of claim 11 further comprising a front side access door located on one sidewall and a rear access door located on the rear wall and providing access to the general sleeping quarters section.

13. The emergency mobile sleeping unit of claim 12 further comprising a plurality of retractable steps mounted adjacent the office and bunk area and below the front side access door for selective extension from the underside of the trailer to facilitate use of the front side access door and retraction under the underside of the trailer when the front side access door is not in use.

14. The emergency mobile sleeping unit of claim 13 further comprising a heating and cooling unit that is mounted on the roof of the trailer for heating and cooling the office and bunk area and the general sleeping quarters section.

15. The emergency mobile sleeping unit of claim 14 further comprising a plurality of sidewall vents mounted to each sidewall for providing ventilation and air circulation to the office and bunk area and the general sleeping quarters section.

16. An emergency mobile sleeping unit, comprising:

an elongated trailer having a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of opposed sidewalls, a roof, an underside, a ceiling opposite the roof, and a floor;

the trailer being divided into an office and bunk area and a general sleeping quarters with a divider wall separating the office and bunk area from the general sleeping quarters;

a plurality of pop out escape windows located on each sidewall and capable of being pushed out to allow egress from the office and bunk area and the general sleeping quarters;

a double coat closet located in the office and bunk area;

a refrigerator located in the office and bunk area;

a microwave oven for disposition upon the refrigerator;

a workspace station located in the office and bunk area and including GFCI outlets and cable connections;

a generator cabinet located within the office and bunk area;

a generator for storage within the generator cabinet for providing power for the emergency mobile sleeping unit;

a plurality of flip up bunks disposed within the general sleeping quarters and mounted to each sidewall with each flip up bunk capable of being disposed to a use position and to a non-use folded up position;

the flip up bunks being mounted to each sidewall so that they are arranged in three rows extending along the respective sidewalls with the flip up bunks in a lowermost row being located adjacent to the pop out escape windows;

a plurality of wall reading lights mounted to each sidewall and each wall reading light being located above the respective flip up bunk;

a plurality of cargo nets with each cargo net extending over and covering one flip bunk when that respective flip up bunk is folded out to the use position;

a plurality of removable safety ladders for disposition adjacent to the flip up bunks for providing easy access to the flip up bunks; and

a plurality of privacy drapes mounted to the ceiling and pendent therefrom for further dividing the general sleeping quarters into at least three separate sleeping compartments.

17. The emergency mobile sleeping unit of claim 16 further comprising a heating and cooling unit that is mounted on the roof of the trailer for heating and cooling the office and bunk area and the general sleeping quarters.

18. The emergency mobile sleeping unit of claim 17 further comprising a plurality of retractable steps mounted adjacent to the office and bunk area and below the front side access door for selective extension from the underside of the trailer to facilitate use of the front side access door and retraction under the underside of the trailer when the front side access door is not being used.

19. The emergency mobile sleeping unit of claim 18 further comprising a plurality of sidewall vents mounted to each sidewall for providing ventilation and air circulation to the office and bunk area and the general sleeping quarters.

20. The emergency mobile sleeping unit of claim 19 further comprising a front side access door located on one sidewall and opening to the office and bunk area and a rear access door located on the rear wall for providing access to the general sleeping quarters and egress therefrom.