PATENT DATA - PATENT OFFICE
I came up with the idea of the Airhome in 1993 while in Sacremento,
I went to every homeless shelter and there was NO space available
anywhere, I ended up sleeping on a concrete floor outside of an old
dis-used warehouse using a cardboard box for cover; not being able to
sleep, feeling cold and extremely uncomfortable, it was in the middle of
the night when the idea struck me. 'if only I had.........'
How come I was homeless? I hear you ask, I was on vacation in San
Francisco from London, UK, stayed at a cheapo hotel in the center of town,
whilst taking a shower someone crept in through the tiny unlocked window
and stole my cash and credit cards, being totally angered with SF I
decided to hitch hike to Canada to see my mother, this is how I ended up
in Sacremento. Stopped by police on several occassions in Sacremento for
hitch-hiking I got no further, I headed back to SF and stayed at several
Homeless Shelters. I then went to The British Embassy for help.
Airhomes for the Homeless is a one piece portable inflateable waterproof
one man shelter.
6'6" Length, 3'6" Height, 3' Width, - weighs approx 8-10 LBS.
8" Air Mattress with built in contoured pillow.
The air pockets are divided into the configuration of 1-3-5-7 &
2-4-6-8 etc. in that if one set of the air pockets were to puncture the
inflateable shelter would not colapse.
Made from tough waterproof vinyl, silver in color for heat reflection.
The Airhome floats with a max weight capacity of 250 LBS, silver in color
and designed to withstand the elements. The mattress section of the
airhome is contoured to the shape of a pillow at one end. All that is
needed is one blanket. Once de-flated the Airhome rolls up in to a
waterproof bag with a shoulder strap for carrying. There is a airpump,
battery operated, the size of a ciggarette box to inflate the shelter,
takes approx 8 minutes. Also included is a small battery operated heater,
transistor radio and flashlight.
I state 'The cure for the Homeless', reason, all that a homeless person
needs is uninterupted sleep, and privacy. Having your own AIRHOME will
also give a man back his DIGNITY in that he is no longer homeless and
doesn't have to ask anyone for shelter. There is no doubt in my mind that
once a person has had a good nights sleep, freshened up at the local
toilets, he could then set about going to look for work, and the best
place to work is in a restaurant kitchen as a dishwasher, here you will
get food for free. Now you have a home and a job, keep this up and soon
you should be able to rent a small room or share with renters in a house
or apartment.
To clean up the inner city unsightliness of the homeless is really quite
easy, all that is needed is a clean empty warehouse with portable showers
and toilets, here you could line up the Airhomes like you would parking
cars, can you imagine how many homeless would be off the streets if the
local authorities were to provide such warehouses or empty shopping malls?
BEING HOMELESS DOES NOT MEAN THAT PERSON IS WORTHLESS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE END UP HOMELESS FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS, YET SOCIETY
LOOKS DOWN ON THE HOMELESS AS IF THEY HAVE SOME KIND OF DISEASE. IF YOU
WERE TO LOSE YOUR PAYCHECK FOR THE NEXT 4 MONTHS HOW FAR FROM BEING
HOMELESS WOULD YOU BE?
I stayed at one homeless shelter in San Francisco in 1993, all the beds
were taken so the remainder of the homeless had to sleep in one big foyer
type area on the floor, no blankets or pillows were provided, and ALL were
kicked out (litterally) rain or shine at 5-30 am.
Since 1996 I have contacted governments, corporations, celebrities,
religous organizations for sponsorship in helping develop the Airhomes for
the Homeless, to date NOTHING.
[ And i'll keep it short on the religous aspect as well. ] How many
churches are there in your town? How many hours are there in one week? (24
x 7 = 168).....how many hours per week are one of those churches occupied?
I say no more than 10 hours per week, so during the remaining 158 hours
the church is left empty with the heating on; let's take New York for
instance during December, homeless people are dying on the streets yet
there are churches sitting there empty with the heating on, what happened
to 'love thy fellow man' ? Sick sad world we live in, don't you think!
HELP ME TO HELP THOSE THAT NEED HELP
SPONSORS WANTED SO THAT I CAN ORGANIZE 1000'S OF THESE AIRHOMES TO BE
MANUFACTURED, THEN DISTRIBUTE FOR FREE TO THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS;
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SET UP LARGE WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS IN EACH CITY SO
THAT THE HOMELESS HAVE A PLACE TO PUT THEIR AIRHOME. THIS WILL CLEAN UP
THE UNSIGHTLINESS OF THE INNER CITY HOMELESS PROBLEM, IT WILL GIVE THE
HOMELESS A PLACE OF REFUGE.
WINTER IS COMING AND HOMELESS PEOPLE WITHOUT SHELTER WILL BE DYING ON THE
STREETS OF YOUR CITY.
'BEING HOMELESS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN TO ME.'
Really? I wonder how many thousands of people who lived in New Orleans
are saying that now?!
New Orleans 2005 - Hurricane Katrina - Airhomes For The Homeless (which
floats) would have saved thousands of lives.
NEW YORK - Hundreds of homeless people living in encampments under
highways and bridges and next to train trestles will be aggressively urged
to leave the streets, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday.
The city's Department of Homeless Services has found 73 areas —
difficult to reach and mostly out of sight — where some 350 homeless
people have set up encampments and communities. The majority are in
Manhattan.
Outreach workers will "humanely, respectfully and firmly"
encourage them to stop living on the streets and take advantage of city
services like housing assistance, substance treatment programs and
shelters, the mayor said.
"We're going to let them know that their days on the streets must
come to an end, and we'll secure and clean up the places where they've
been bedding down to make sure that they won't be occupied again,"
Bloomberg said in a speech before the National Alliance to End
Homelessness in Washington, D.C. The text was given to reporters in New
York.
An estimated 3,800 people live on New York's streets and in its subways,
according to 2006 figures from the city's annual homeless head count.
Officials say the number dropped from last year's 4,400, and Bloomberg has
set a goal of reducing it to 1,465 by the time he leaves office in 2009.
Thousands more homeless people stay in city shelters each night. The most
recent count, from last Thursday, was 31,861.
Bloomberg aides said this new approach to homeless encampments will not
involve law enforcement, which has a controversial history in the city.
Bloomberg's predecessor, Rudolph Giuliani, was known for zero-tolerance
tactics that often involved threatening arrests and sending police to
break up homeless communities.
The teams of outreach workers will not include police officers or anyone
forcefully removing the homeless, mayoral aides said. They will make
repeated visits to encampments with the goal of relocating people into
assistance programs.
One solution is right in front of you!
