Patent ID: 9546512
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A47G,E05B,E05F,E05Y,G06Q,G07C,Y10T

Claim:
1. A closure for a compartment having one or more walls and an opening defined by at least one of the walls, the closure being associated with at least one fastener located inside the compartment and adapted to hold the closure in a first position relative to the opening, the at least one fastener comprising means for communicating to a remote device information relating to the closure, the compartment or its contents, and the at least one fastener being adapted to cause the closure to assume a second position relative to the opening upon receipt of a suitable signal, wherein the compartment forms an array with other compartments having respective closures and fasteners, the at least one fastener is addressable and the signal is provided external to the compartment and capable of addressing the at least one fastener, the signal being provided using any one of: entry of a code using a keypad; a wireless link; a radio link; induction coupling; infrared, microwave or visible light energy; sound energy; email; voice recognition; a smart card; an ID chip; a biometric scan; optical image recognition; or an RFID scan.