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US 5,813,174 AGranted
Closet vault
OwnerJames E. Wallerinventor
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A strong, light-weight steel structure which consists of individual tubular and bent-plate channel modules which are packaged and shipped loose and which are assembled by the user or a contractor to form a vault or enclosure, preferably rectangular in shape, with a lockable access door. The tubular and channel modules are designed and shaped for assembly within an existing structure and can in fact, be assembled entirely from the inside without access to the outside of the structure so that the system can be installed in an existing enclosure of the same size and shape as the assembled vault. The modules can be screwed or bolted together from the inside so as to form a steel beam structure of substantial strength. The structure can provide protection for occupants against collapse or disintegration of a building structure because of wind storms, tornados, seismic events, and the like.
A pre-fabricated metal closet vault including multiple pre-fabricated, sized and shaped elements designed to facilitate on-site assembly, including:
A method of modifying an existing enclosed portion of a building, said enclosed portion having a predetermined size and shape, to provide said enclosed portion of said building with a metal, impact-resistant and fire-retardant enclosure, where said metal enclosure is substantially the same size and shape as the existing enclosed portion of the building and access to said metal enclosure during assembly is possible only from inside the existing enclosed portion of said building, said method including the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.