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Viktor Hampel was a child of Cold War air raid drills that
taught him to seek shelter underneath his school desk. Or maybe,
back in the eighties, he looked into the crystal ball that was
the Soviet war in Afghanistan and saw the future, one in which
man would continue to devolve in a world that was fast becoming
more dangerous, and decided, right then and there, that he
needed to save his butt! Of course, I have no idea what
motivated Hampel, but in 1983 he was granted United States
patent 4625468 for his Temporary/Portable Nuclear Shelter.
Temporary/Portable Nuclear Fallout ShelterTemporary/Portable
Nuclear Fallout Shelter  The shelter resembles an inflatable
tent that promises to deliver, "Significant, life-saving
protection from airborne, radioactive (fallout) particles due to
nuclear explosions, nuclear reactor accidents, and other
releases of radioactive particulate." Furthermore, in his
application Hampel assures us that the portability and lig