Subscription-based pre-provisioned towable unit facilitation method

• US 20070261899A1
• Filed: 06/12/2006
• Published: 11/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Barrett H. Moore
• Original Assignee: Barrett H. Moore
• Inventors: Moore, Barrett H.
• Application Number:
  US11/423,594
• Publication Number:
  US 20070261899A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 180/14.100
• CPC Class Codes: A62B 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/26 Government or public services business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40

Abstract

One provides (101, 102) at least one towable rolling terrestrial container and emergency survival items. The emergency survival items are positioned (103) in the towable rolling terrestrial container(s) to provide at least one corresponding pre-provisioned towable unit. Consideration-based private civil security subscriptions are then accepted (107) from one or more subscribers with respect to providing civilly-catastrophic event-based access to the pre-provisioned towable unit. The pre-provisioned towable unit is then maintained (108) pending a need to permit subscription-based access to the pre-provisioned towable unit upon occurrence of a catastrophic event. If desired, other items, such as selected non-necessities of life, can be included (103) with the emergency survival items. The pre-provisioned towable units can be stored at a shared location and attended, if desired, by dedicated attendants (105). Such attendants can provide security services, for example, and/or can assist with maintaining the towable rolling terrestrial containers and/or their contents.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a towable rolling terrestrial container;

providing emergency survival items;

positioning the emergency survival items in the towable rolling terrestrial container to provide a pre-provisioned towable unit;

accepting a consideration-based private civil security subscription from a subscriber with respect to providing civilly-catastrophic event-based access to the pre-provisioned towable unit;

maintaining the pre-provisioned towable unit pending a need to permit subscription-based access to the pre-provisioned towable unit upon occurrence of a catastrophic event;

such that an authorized beneficiary of the consideration-based private civil-security subscription will have concrete, predictable access to the pre-provisioned towable unit upon the occurrence of a catastrophic event and will be able to move the pre-provisioned towable unit to a location of choice to thereby better facilitate their own ability to survive the catastrophic event.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the towable rolling terrestrial container comprises at least one of:

a fully covered trailer;

an open-top trailer;

an open-side trailer.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein providing a towable rolling terrestrial container comprises providing a towable rolling terrestrial container having an access door.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein:

providing a towable rolling terrestrial container having an access door comprises providing a towable rolling terrestrial container having an access door having a locking mechanism;

pre-positioning the emergency survival items in the towable rolling terrestrial container comprises locking the access door after pre-positioning the emergency survival items in the towable rolling terrestrial container.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein locking the access door comprises locking the access door using a locking process that only the authorized beneficiary can unlock.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein maintaining the pre-provisioned towable unit comprises locking the pre-provisioned towable unit in place pending the need to permit subscription-based access to the pre-provisioned towable unit.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein locking the pre-provisioned towable unit in place comprises locking the pre-provisioned towable unit in place using a locking process that only the authorized beneficiary can unlock.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein providing emergency survival items comprises providing a plurality of life-sustaining resources as pertain to a plurality of differing categories of life'"'"'s necessities.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the plurality of life-sustaining resources comprise at least one of:

hydration;

nourishment;

shelter;

environmentally borne threat abatement.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the emergency survival items comprise at least one of:

a consumable necessity of human life;

a non-consumable necessity of human life.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing at least one non-necessity of human life;

and wherein pre-positioning the emergency survival items in the towable rolling terrestrial container to provide a pre-provisioned towable unit further comprises pre-positioning the at least one non-necessity of human life in the towable rolling terrestrial container to provide the pre-provisioned towable unit.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the at least one non-necessity of human life comprises at least one of:

a luxury consumable item;

a luxury non-consumable item;

non-human nourishment;

barter medium;

an entertainment apparatus;

an educational tool;

physical conditioning, exercise, and maintenance training and equipment;

crafts supplies and training;

sports equipment and facilities.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein maintaining the pre-provisioned towable unit comprises at least one of:

maintaining utility of the emergency survival items as are pre-positioned in the towable unit;

making adjustments to the emergency survival items as are pre-positioned in the towable unit to reflect dynamically changing circumstances as occur during the consideration-based private civil security subscription.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein making adjustments to the emergency survival items as are pre-positioned in the towable unit comprises at least one of:

removing a particular one of the emergency survival items;

adding additional ones of the emergency survival items;

adding at least one new emergency survival item that is not already pre-positioned in the towable unit.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein:

providing a towable rolling terrestrial container comprises providing a towable rolling terrestrial container having at least one vehicular fuel storage tank;

providing emergency survival items comprises, at least in part, providing vehicular fuel;

pre-positioning the emergency survival items in the towable rolling terrestrial container to provide a pre-provisioned towable unit comprises pre-positioning the vehicular fuel in the at least one vehicular fuel storage tank.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein providing vehicular fuel comprises providing at least one of gasoline and diesel fuel.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein providing a towable rolling terrestrial container having at least one vehicular fuel storage tank further comprises providing a towable rolling terrestrial container having a fuel pump capability such that vehicular fuel stored in the vehicular fuel storage tank can be readily transferred to a towing vehicle from the towable rolling terrestrial container to thereby extend a travel distance capability of the towing vehicle.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein providing a towable rolling terrestrial container comprises providing a plurality of towable rolling terrestrial containers.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein pre-positioning the emergency survival items in the towable rolling terrestrial container to provide a pre-provisioned towable unit comprises pre-positioning the emergency survival items in the plurality of towable rolling terrestrial containers to provide a plurality of pre-provisioned towable units.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein accepting a consideration-based private civil security subscription from a subscriber with respect to providing civilly-catastrophic event-based access to the pre-provisioned towable unit comprises accepting consideration-based private civil security subscriptions from a plurality of subscribers with respect to providing civilly-catastrophic event-based access to corresponding ones of the plurality of pre-provisioned towable units.

21. The method of claim 20 wherein maintaining the pre-provisioned towable unit pending a need to permit subscription-based access to the pre-provisioned towable unit upon occurrence of a catastrophic event comprises maintaining the plurality of pre-provisioned towable units pending a need to permit subscription-based access to the pre-provisioned towable units by authorized beneficiaries of the consideration-based private civil security subscriptions upon occurrence of a catastrophic event.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein maintaining the plurality of pre-provisioned towable units comprises maintaining the plurality of pre-provisioned towable units at a shared predetermined location.

23. The method of claim 22 wherein maintaining the plurality of pre-provisioned towable units at a shared predetermined location comprises maintaining the plurality of pre-provisioned towable units at a shared predetermined location that is substantially secured against unauthorized access.

24. The method of claim 23 further comprising:

providing at least one at least substantially full-time attendant at the predetermined location.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein providing at least one at least substantially full-time attendant at the predetermined location comprises providing an attendant on-site at the predetermined location substantially full-time.

26. The method of claim 25 further comprising:

providing an attendant'"'"'s quarters on-site at the predetermined location.

27. The method of claim 1 wherein providing a towable rolling terrestrial container comprises providing a towable rolling terrestrial container having living quarters disposed therein.

28. The method of claim 27 wherein providing a towable rolling terrestrial container having living quarters disposed therein comprises providing a towable rolling terrestrial container having disposed therein at least one of:

sleeping accommodations;

food preparation facilities;

personal hygiene facilities;

sitting accommodations.

29. The method of claim 27 wherein pre-positioning the emergency survival items in the towable rolling terrestrial container comprises pre-positioning the emergency survival items in the living quarters.

30. The method of claim 1 wherein providing a towable rolling terrestrial container comprises providing a towable rolling terrestrial container comprising, at least in part, a thermally insulated storage container.

31. The method of claim 30 wherein positioning the emergency survival items in the towable rolling terrestrial container comprises placing at least some emergency survival items that require refrigeration into the thermally insulated storage container.

32. The method of claim 31 wherein maintaining the pre-provisioned towable unit comprises, at least in part, maintaining the emergency survival items that require refrigeration and that are placed in the thermally insulated storage container in a refrigerated state.

33. The method of claim 1 wherein providing a towable rolling terrestrial container comprises providing a towable rolling terrestrial container having at least some spare parts carried therewith.

34. The method of claim 33 wherein the spare parts comprise, at least in part, at least one of:

a spare tire;

a spare fuse;

a spare illumination source.

35. The method of claim 1 wherein providing a towable rolling terrestrial container comprises providing a substantially air-tight towable rolling terrestrial container.

36. The method of claim 34 wherein providing a substantially air-tight towable rolling terrestrial container comprises providing a substantially air-tight towable rolling terrestrial container having a selectable interior positive air pressure capability.

37. The method of claim 1 wherein providing a towable rolling terrestrial container comprises providing a towable rolling terrestrial container having at least one retractable exterior-mounted awning.

38. The method of claim 1 wherein providing a towable rolling terrestrial container comprises providing a towable rolling terrestrial container having water purification apparatus such that the water purification apparatus can be used in a time of emergency to cleanse water and render it potable.

39. The method of claim 1 wherein providing a towable rolling terrestrial container comprises providing a towable rolling terrestrial container having a radio frequency antenna mast such that a two-way wireless communication device can be operably coupled thereto to extend a corresponding effective communications range of the two-way wireless communication device.

40. The method of claim 1 wherein providing a towable rolling terrestrial container comprises providing a towable rolling terrestrial container having at least one user-accessible enclosed secure holding area formed in a wall of the towable rolling terrestrial container.

41. The method of claim 39 wherein providing a towable rolling terrestrial container having at least one user-accessible enclosed secure holding area formed in a wall of the towable rolling terrestrial container comprises a user-accessible enclosed secure holding area that comprises at least one of:

a user-lockable enclosed secure holding area;

a camouflaged user-accessible enclosed secure holding area that is not readily discernable to ordinary observation.