# US 10,480,241 B1 · Doors including customizable and removable storage > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,480,241 B1 - Document ID: US10480241B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/513,754 - Filed: 2019-07-17 - Published: 2019-11-07 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-02-03 - Applicants: Kustom Doors LLC - Inventors: Terry Mike Jude - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480241B1 ## CPC - E06B 3/70: Door leaves (wing frames E06B3/04) - E06B 7/34: Doors containing cupboards (cabinet constructions per se A47B) - E05D 5/0276: {for attachment to cabinets or furniture, the hinge having two or more pins (E05D5/046, E05D5/065, E05D7/125 take precedence)} - E05G 1/08: secured individually - E06B 7/28: Other arrangements on doors or windows, e.g. door-plates, windows adapted to carry plants, hooks for window cleaners {(edge protecting devices for door leaves E06B3/88; special glazing; emergency glazing; double glazing E06B3/66)} - E06B 3/74: with wooden panels {or frame (E06B3/721, E06B3/725 and E06B3/76 take precedence)} - E06B 2003/7011: {with easily replaceable or interchangeable panels} - E06B 2003/7046: {with provisions for locks, hinges or other fittings} - E06B 2003/7049: {Specific panel characteristics} - E06B: FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D25/10; skylights E04B7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F10/00) - E05D: HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS (pivotal connections in general F16C11/00) - E05G: SAFES OR STRONG-ROOMS FOR VALUABLES; BANK PROTECTION DEVICES; SAFETY TRANSACTION PARTITIONS ({devices to prevent theft of bags, trunks or baskets A45C13/18;} alarm arrangements per se G08B) ## Abstract A modular insert useful for storing one or more objects, designed and configured to inset within a door having one or more cavities. The modular insert includes a frame having a plurality of walls and a top panel movably affixed to the frame or the door. Some of the walls may have apertures to facilitate securing the modular insert to an interior support structure of the door. Also provided is a door suitable for receiving one or more modular inserts, the door having one or more cavities to receive and support the modular inserts. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A door storage system useful for storing one or more objects within a door, the door comprising a front panel, a back panel, and means to hingedly affix the door to a door frame, wherein a plurality of cavities extend from the front panel through the depth of the door to the back panel, each cavity having an interior wall to which a top panel is hingedly affixed, the top panel moving between an open and a closed position, and when in the closed position is coplanar with the front panel of the door, wherein each cavity further comprises an internal frame affixed to the door and forming the cavity, the internal frame having a depth less than the depth of the cavity, the reduction in depth being at least equal to a thickness of the corresponding top panel, and wherein each of the cavities is sized to receive a modular insert, the modular insert comprising a frame having a plurality of walls and a back panel, forming a plurality of sides and the back of the frame. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The door storage system of claim 1, wherein an exterior surface of the top panel is made from the same material as the front panel of the door. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The door storage system of claim 1, wherein the top panel is hingedly affixed to the interior wall of the cavity by means of a piano hinge. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The door storage system of claim 1, wherein the top panel is hingedly affixed to the interior wall of the cavity by means of a concealed hinge. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The door storage system of claim 1, wherein each top panel has a length and width greater than a length and width of the modular insert to be received in the cavity to which the top panel is affixed. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The door storage system of claim 1, wherein the top panel comprises first and second panels, with the first panel hingedly secured to one interior wall of the cavity, and the second panel is hingedly secured an opposing interior wall of the cavity. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The door storage system of claim 1, further comprising securing means to removably secure the top panel in a closed position relative to the frame. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The door storage system of claim 7, wherein the securing means is an actuator affixed to a wall of the frame, and wherein the actuator is electrically engaged with a power supply embedded within and accessible from the exterior of the door. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The door storage system of claim 8, wherein the position of the actuator between a locked position and an unlocked position is controlled with a remote control. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The door storage system of claim 7, wherein the securing means further comprises recognition means for recognizing a user, the recognition means being engaged with and determining the position of an actuator, the recognition means selected from the group consisting of: radio frequency identification using radio waves to identify encoded microchips (RFID), gesture recognition, biometric recognition and fingerprint recognition. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The door storage system of claim 1, further comprising a support structure affixed within the modular insert, the support structure designed and configured to support one or more objects in the modular insert. ### Claim 12 A door storage system useful for storing one or more objects, the door being intended for hinged affixation to a door frame, the door storage system comprising: a plurality of cavities on a first side of the door; one or more back panels forming a second side of the door, the back panels covering an end of each of the cavities; a plurality of top panels hingedly affixed to the first side of the door, each top panel concealing a cavity and being coplanar with the first side of the door when the top panel is closed; and one or more modular inserts, each modular insert being sized and configured to be received within one of the cavities of the door, the modular inserts comprising a frame having a plurality of walls forming a plurality of sides of the frame; wherein each cavity comprises an internal frame affixed to the door and forming the cavity, the internal frame having a depth less than the depth of the cavity, the reduction in depth being at least equal to a thickness of the top panel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The door storage system of claim 12, wherein the support structure is selected from the group consisting of: shelves, hooks, adornment holders, individual storage compartment, rods, and tie racks. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The door storage system of claim 12, wherein the top panel has a length and width greater than the length and width of the modular insert. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The door storage system of claim 12, further comprising a support structure affixed within the modular insert, the support structure designed and configured to support one or more objects in the modular insert, wherein the support structure is selected from the group consisting of: shelves, hooks, adornment holders, individual storage compartment, rods, and tie racks.