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US 12,460,462 B2Granted
Secure vault apparatus
AssigneeEllenby Technologies, Inc.
InventorsThomas J. Carullo, Aaron H. Dobbins
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Abstract
A secure and cost-effective smart safe or secure vault apparatus construction is provided. The smart safe includes a high security hinge designed to protect against intrusion by pocketing the hinge behind the doors and securing the hinge dowel to plates affixed to the doors. The door construction features an envelope passageway door and slide-out user interface cluster with primary and secondary customer-facing user interfaces.
Claims20
A secure vault apparatus, comprising:
- an enclosure formed by a rear wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall;
- a hinge pin disposed outside of the enclosure;
- a hinge pocket extending from at least one of the first side wall or the second side wall, the hinge pocket defining a space disposed entirely outside of the enclosure and configured to at least partially surround the hinge pin;
- and
- at least one door movably coupled to the enclosure by the hinge pin, wherein the at least one door defines a height and defines a front surface of the secure vault apparatus;
- wherein the hinge pin is covered entirely by the at least one door along the height of the at least one door at the front surface of the secure vault apparatus;
- and
- wherein the hinge pin and the hinge pocket extend at least the height of the at least one door.
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A secure vault apparatus, comprising:
- an enclosure formed by a rear wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall;
- a hinge pin disposed outside of the enclosure;
- a hinge pocket extending from at least one of the first side wall or the second side wall, the hinge pocket defining a space disposed entirely outside of the enclosure and configured to at least partially surround the hinge pin;
- a first door movably coupled to the enclosure by the hinge pin, wherein the first door defines a first door height and defines a front surface of the secure vault apparatus;
- and
- a second door movably coupled to the enclosure by the hinge pin, wherein the second door defines a second door height and also defines the front surface of the secure vault apparatus;
- wherein the hinge pin is covered entirely by the first door along the first door height and is covered entirely by the second door along the second door height at the front surface of the secure vault apparatus;
- and
- wherein the hinge pin and the hinge pocket extend at least the first door height and the second door height of the first door and the second door, respectively.
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A method of secure vault apparatus operation, the method comprising:
- positioning at least one door of a secure vault apparatus between an open position and a closed position to expose and cover an enclosure of the secure vault apparatus, wherein the enclosure is formed by a rear wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall of the secure vault apparatus;
- wherein the secure vault apparatus includes:
- a hinge pin disposed outside of the enclosure;
- a hinge pocket extending from at least one of the first side wall or the second side wall, the hinge pocket defining a space disposed entirely outside of the enclosure and configured to at least partially surround the hinge pin;
- and
- at least one door movably coupled to the enclosure by the hinge pin, wherein the at least one door defines a height and defines a front surface of the secure vault apparatus;
- and
- wherein the hinge pin is covered entirely by the at least one door along the height of the at least one door at the front surface of the secure vault apparatus;
- and
- wherein the hinge pin and the hinge pocket extend at least the height of the at least one door.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.