Patent ID: 11877680
Assignee: UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICES
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system for producing audio for a collection box comprising a door, wherein the door is configured to exhibit at least a closed state and an opened state when manipulated by a user and wherein the produced audio is audible outside of the collection box, the system comprising:
a trigger device;
a sensor that produces a signal indicating the proximity of the trigger device to the sensor, wherein the trigger device is in close proximity with the sensor when the door is in the closed state, and wherein the trigger device moves out of the close proximity with the sensor when the door is in the opened state;
an audio transducer that generates the produced audio from an audio signal;
an audio chip; and
one or more processors operably connected to the sensor and to the audio chip, wherein the one or more processors signal the audio chip to send the audio signal to the audio transducer upon receiving the signal from the sensor, and wherein the one or more processors receives and records a status signal indicating that the door is in the opened state.