ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,780, issued on March 25.
"Removeable above-ground storm shelter and method of use" was invented by Vincent D. Mims (Owasso, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storm shelter or kit for a storm shelter having a plurality of removable frames and a plurality of removable skins removably receivable on or within the removable frames and secured together by removable fasteners that are not bolted in place. A hollow tube fastener, having a hollow tube guide and a removeable pin receivable therethrough, is configured on a surface of the removable skins to hold the removable skins in assembled configuration with the removable frames. The ...