Rescue container method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- providing, atop a building;
a cradle that is affixed to the building;
a human-transport rescue container that is nested within the cradle such that the human-transport rescue container will tend to stay retained within the cradle notwithstanding wind shear, wherein the human-transport rescue container comprises;
interior travel accommodations configured and arranged to safely accommodate at least one person in need of rescue;
a lift-line interface;
providing an air vehicle to operably couple to the lift-line interface and thereby selectively remove the human-transport rescue container from the cradle and move the human-transport rescue container from atop the building to another location to thereby effect a rescue of any persons within the human-transport rescue container.
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Abstract
At least one human-transport rescue container (200) is provided (103) atop a building. This human-transport rescue container comprises, at least in part, interior travel accommodations (201) configured and arranged to safely accommodate at least one person in need of rescue. This human-transport rescue container also comprises, at least in part, a lift-line interface (501). These embodiments then provide for provision (105) of an air vehicle to operably couple to the lift-line interface and thereby effect selective movement of the human-transport rescue container from atop the building to another location to thereby effect a rescue of any persons within the human-transport rescue container. This can further comprise affixing (101) a cradle to the building within which the container can be disposed to retain the container notwithstanding wind shear while nevertheless not substantially preventing intended vertical movement of the container.
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1. A method comprising:
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providing, atop a building; a cradle that is affixed to the building; a human-transport rescue container that is nested within the cradle such that the human-transport rescue container will tend to stay retained within the cradle notwithstanding wind shear, wherein the human-transport rescue container comprises; interior travel accommodations configured and arranged to safely accommodate at least one person in need of rescue; a lift-line interface; providing an air vehicle to operably couple to the lift-line interface and thereby selectively remove the human-transport rescue container from the cradle and move the human-transport rescue container from atop the building to another location to thereby effect a rescue of any persons within the human-transport rescue container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An apparatus comprising:
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a building rooftop cradle; a human-transport rescue container that is nested within the cradle such that the human-transport rescue container will tend to stay retained within the cradle notwithstanding wind shear, wherein the human-transport rescue container comprises; interior travel accommodations configured and arranged to safely accommodate at least one person in need of rescue; a lift-line interface configured and arranged to connect to an air-borne lift line to thereby facilitate selectively vertically removing the human-transport rescue container from the cradle and moving the human-transport rescue container from atop a building to another location to thereby effect a rescue of any persons within the human-transport rescue container. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A method comprising:
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providing, atop a building; at least one human-transport rescue container comprising; interior travel accommodations configured and arranged to safely accommodate at least one person in need of rescue; a lift-line interface; providing an air vehicle to operably couple to the lift-line interface and thereby selectively move the human-transport rescue container from atop the building to another location to thereby effect a rescue of any persons within the human-transport rescue container. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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