ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,329, issued on July 14.
"Security vault" was invented by Brian K. Gates (Vian, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security vault has a housing, a door assembly, and an exterior vent cover. The housing has a plurality of walls, a plurality of corners interconnecting the plurality of walls, and a roof connected to the plurality of walls and the plurality of corners. Each of the corners has a vent opening. The door assembly is secured to at least one of the plurality of walls to permit ingress to and egress from the shelter cavity of the housing. The exterior vent cover is formed by a corner shaped member detachably secured to the w...