Patent ID: 6799524
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: B28B,E05G

Abstract:
A security vault comprising a plurality of panels suitable for forming the walls, roof, and floor of said vault, wherein at least one of said plurality of panels further includes:(a) a rectangular outer mold comprising a pair of opposing metal side rails and a pair of opposing metal end caps, wherein one of said opposing metal end caps forms a top end and another of said end caps forms a bottom end of said panel, each of said metal end caps being permanently secured to said opposing metal side rails, and wherein at least one of said pair of metal side rails comprises a recessed portion and a projected portion integral with, and adjacent to, said recessed portion, said recessed and projected portions of said side rail extending entirely from said top end to said bottom end of said mold, and wherein said recessed portion is configured to receive a complementarily configured projected portion of a metal side rail of an adjacent panel, said projected portion of said adjacent metal side rail extending entirely from said top end to said bottom end of said mold; and (b) a concrete slab disposed within said rectangular mold and permanently affixed thereto, said concrete slab having an exterior face and an interior face substantially uncovered by said four-sided mold.