Secure storage facility

• US 20080106368A1
• Filed: 10/23/2006
• Published: 05/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eberto A. Vitier
• Original Assignee: Eberto A. Vitier
• Inventors: Vitier, Eberto A.
• Application Number:
  US11/552,083
• Publication Number:
  US 20080106368A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.5
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 1/06 Office buildings; Banks E04H1/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 3/06 Museums; Library buildings

Abstract

A secure storage facility has storage bays for rental in a building having reinforced walls and partitions, impact and explosion resistant security doors and a limited access control room from which all security doors are remotely locked and unlocked and are monitored with video and audio communications, each storage bay having an independently adjustable temperature, humidity and lighting system, and sensors within for providing environment information to the control room, and the facility having a vehicle loading area and a vehicle security zone in which a vehicle can be inspected before access is allowed to the loading area.

Claims

1. A secure storage facility having secure storage areas for rental comprising:

a building comprising an adjustable building environmental system for controlling temperature, humidity, and lighting of common areas within said building, said building having exterior walls comprising concrete and reinforced steel sufficient to withstand explosions and impacts of predetermined intensity;

said building comprising a plurality of security doors and secure areas including at least a control room, an administrative area, a utility and maintenance area, a vehicular loading area, a viewing room, and at least one storage area comprising storage rental bays,

each said security door being impact and explosion resistant and having one or more security locks that may be actuated remotely from said control room, each said security door having a sensor whereby the status of said door as being open, closed, or closed and locked may be remotely determined from said control room, a video and audio communications terminal being situated on either side of each said security door, said video and audio communications terminals being in two-way electronic communication with said control room;

said administrative area further comprising an entrance lobby, a reception office, a managerial office, and first and second security vestibules, said first and second security vestibules comprising a passageway to said control room,

said lobby having an external door to provide pedestrian ingress from outside said building, said lobby being separated from said first security vestibule by a security door and being separated from said reception office by an impact and explosion resistant wall, said lobby and said reception office being in audio communication with each other and with said control room;

said managerial office being separated from said first security vestibule by a lockable door and being separated from said reception area by a lockable door,

said first security vestibule being separated from said second security vestibule by a security door, said second security vestibule comprising a passageway to said control room;

said control room being separated from said second security vestibule by a security door and having walls separating said control room from the remainder of said facility, said control room walls being reinforced to withstand explosions and impacts within predetermined limits, said security door having at least one independent lock operable only from within said control room;

said storage area comprising a plurality of secure storage bays, each said storage bay having a lockable door opening into one of a plurality of passageways connecting multiple storage bays, each said storage bay having an independently adjustable environment, said adjustable environment comprising adjustable temperature, humidity and lighting controls and having sensors within said storage bay for providing environment information to said control room;

each said secure storage bay having an independently configured and remotely monitored security system, each said independently configured security system having sensors to provide an alarm in the event of fire, smoke, or unauthorized entry;

said plurality of secure rooms being connected by passageways within said building,

said plurality of passageways having internal doors for isolating portions of said passageways, each said internal door being remotely operable from said control room, said passageway doors being substantially watertight and able to withstand fire and concussive overpressure within predetermined limits when closed;

a vehicle loading area comprising a loading dock within said building and having an external entrance, said vehicle loading area being separated from said storage bays by one or more security doors;

said vehicle security zone having inner loading area doors and outer loading area doors, said inner and outer loading area doors being remotely lockable and operable from said control room, said inner and outer loading area doors when locked being able to withstand fire, concussive overpressure, and physical impact within predetermined limits;

said inner and outer loading area doors defining said vehicle security zone and being interoperably connected such that said outer loading dock doors and said inner loading dock doors cannot be open simultaneously;

said vehicle security zone being separated from said vehicle loading area by said inner loading area doors and comprising a holding area into which a vehicle from an external area may be admitted for examination of the contents before the vehicle is authorized to enter said vehicle loading area;

said utility and maintenance area comprising a passageway and a plurality of utility and maintenance rooms wherein environmental and mechanical systems serving said facility are located, said utility and maintenance area having no connecting passageway to said control room, said administrative area, said vehicle loading area, or said secure areas, said utility and maintenance area having ingress from outside said facility through a door having remotely operable locks, said remotely operable locks being controlled from said control room;

said viewing room having a lockable door opening onto one of said passageways in said at least one said storage area;

said building having an emergency power generator for providing electrical power to said facility during local power outages.

2. A secure storage facility as claimed in claim 1, further comprising one or more emergency exits from said building leading to undeveloped land adjacent to at least a portion of said building, said undeveloped land having a fence to define an emergency holding area adjacent said building, said fence providing a barrier to human traffic and having one or more controlled exits whereby individuals leaving said emergency holding area may be searched prior to exiting said holding area.

3. A secure storage facility as claimed in claim 1, further comprising electronic identification means located at each external entrance to said facility and located at either side of each said security door.

4. A secure storage facility as claimed in claim 1 wherein said vehicle security zone further comprises x-ray means for inspection of vehicle contents.

5. A secure storage facility as claimed in claim 1, further comprising computer means for controlling said security doors whereby said computer means permits a first of said security doors to be opened only after determining that every other one of said security doors located within the areas adjacent said first security door is closed and locked.