ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,462, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ELLENBY TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Woodbury Heights, N.J.).
"Secure vault apparatus" was invented by Thomas J. Carullo (Sewell, N.J.) and Aaron H. Dobbins (Cherry Hill, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 custome...