US Patent Issued to AOB Products on Aug. 11 for "Vault door" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,001, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to AOB Products Co. (Columbia, Mo.).

"Vault door" was invented by Ryan Donahue (Columbia, Mo.), Michael Cottrell (Ashland, Mo.), James Tayon (Moberly, Mo.), Brian Steere (Columbia, Mo.) and Fernando Coviello (Columbia, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vault door system for use in a vault includes a door supporting a plurality of locking bolts that move between locked and unlocked positions. A drive system includes a prime mover and a drive train. The prime mover actuates the drive train to move the locking bolts between the locked and unlocked positions. An inner handle is at an inner side of ...