ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,976, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Volumatic Ltd. (Coventry, Great Britain).
"Storage apparatus" was invented by Neil Alexander Shute (Coventry, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (1) for securely retaining documents, the apparatus (1) comprises a substantially planar cover plate (4) and a receptacle, the receptacle comprising a frame (3) and a pouch secured to the frame (3), the frame (3) comprising an opening (O) to access the pouch, the cover plate (4) being configured in use to cover the opening (O) of the frame (3) and to prevent access to the interior of the receptacle when the cover plate (4) is i...