Underfloor Storage Vault

A method of manufacturing an underfloor storage vault, the method comprising:

• providing one or more side panels, each comprising a top edge, a base edge, and two side edges;
• affixing one or more base panels to the one or more side panels along a horizontal base edge interface of the side panels;
• affixing one or more top panels, each comprising a hatchway edge, a bottom edge, and angled side edges, wherein along their bottom edge to the one or more side panels along a horizontal top edge interface of the side panels;
• affixing one or more hatchways, each having one or more hatchway apertures, to the one or more top panels along a hatchway edge interface;
• arranging the one or more side panels, one or more base panels, one or more top panels, and the one or more hatchways to form a container, wherein the hatchway aperture is sized for access by a user to the interior of the container;
• affixing one or more brackets, each configured to suspend the underfloor storage vault, to the underfloor storage vault proximate the hatchway;
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• configuring the hatchway to house a hatch, wherein the hatch at least partially covers the hatchway aperture when housed in the hatchway, and wherein the hatch may be removed to at least partially expose the hatchway aperture.

A method of manufacturing an underfloor storage vault, the method comprising:

• providing four side panels, each comprising a top edge, a base edge, and two side edges;
• affixing each of the side panels to two other side panels along side edge interfaces;
• affixing one base panel to the four side panels along a horizontal base edge interface of the side panels, wherein each one of the side panels is perpendicular to the base panel;
• providing four angled panels, each comprising a hatchway edge, a bottom edge, and angled side edges;
• affixing each of the angled panels to two other angled panels along angled side edge interfaces and to at least one of the side panels along horizontal top edge interfaces of the side panels;
• providing a hatchway having a hatchway aperture sized for traversal through the hatchway by a user;
• affixing the hatchway to the angled panels along a hatchway edge interface;
• arranging the four side panels, one base panel, four angled panels, and the hatchway to form a container, wherein the hatchway aperture is sized for access to the interior of the container by the user;
• affixing one or more brackets, each configured to suspend the underfloor storage vault, to the underfloor storage vault proximate the hatchway;
• configuring the hatchway to house a hatch, wherein the hatch at least partially covers the hatchway aperture when housed in the hatchway, and wherein the hatch may be removed to at least partially expose the hatchway aperture;
• providing one or more mounting fasteners;
• configuring the hatchway to have one or more hatchway pockets, wherein the hatchway pockets are configured to receive a corresponding mounting fastener;
• configuring the hatch to have one or more hatch holes, wherein the one or more mounting fastener traverse through corresponding ones of the one or more hatch holes and penetrate corresponding ones of the one or more hatchway pockets to secure the hatch to the hatchway;
• wherein each mounting fastener has a specialized receiving pocket, wherein each specialized receiving pocket is configured to only engage a specialized matching insertion tool;
• sinking the hatch holes into the top surface of the hatch so that no portion of the mounting fasteners protrudes above a top surface of the hatch when the mounting fasteners have traversed through the hatch holes;
• configuring the hatchway to have an indention along an inter rim of the top surface of the hatchway, wherein the indention allows for the hatch to be housed in the hatchway so that a top surface of the hatch is flush with the top surface of the hatchway;
• configuring the hatch to have a first aperture and a second aperture, wherein the first aperture and the second aperture are located on the top surface of the hatch;
• configuring the hatch to have a handle, wherein the handle is located in between the first aperture and second aperture on the top surface of the hatch;
• configuring the hatch to have a hatch pocket, wherein the first aperture and second aperture allow access to the hatch pocket;
• configuring the hatch pocket to have one or more air inlets, wherein the air inlets allow air to enter and exit the underfloor storage vault when the hatch is housed in the hatchway;
• affixing one or more members to the underfloor storage vault for structural support of at least the side panels and the angled panels, each member selected from a group consisting of angled members, horizontal members, and vertical members;
• affixing one or more additional brackets to the underfloor storage vault, wherein the one or more brackets and the one or more additional brackets are arranged so that support beams used to suspend the underfloor storage vault from the one or more brackets and support beams used to suspend the underfloor storage vault from the one or more additional brackets would be oriented nonparallel to each other;
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• providing a ladder having one or more ladder rungs, wherein a top end of the ladder is affixed to a bottom surface of the hatchway and a bottom end of the ladder is affixed to the base panel.