Patent ID: 8554364
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: A47B,B25H,B65G,E05B,G07F

Abstract:
1. A kit configured to be added to a cabinet and for controlling contents within the cabinet, the cabinet holding a movable drawer defining a drawer height, the drawer having perimeter walls, a base, and an immovable dividing wall formed with the perimeter walls and the base, and the perimeter walls, the base, and the dividing wall defining first and second compartments adapted to contain the contents, the drawer being movable between a drawer opened position in which contents within the drawer are accessible, and a drawer closed position in which the contents within the drawer are inaccessible, the kit comprising: a computer configured to receive input from a user, verify the input, and generate an activating signal for a selected one of the first and second compartments based on the verified input; a panel configured to substantially cover the drawer, thereby covering the first and second compartments within the drawer, and including first and second openings, each opening corresponding with each of the first and second compartments; first and second covers connected to the panel, each of the covers configured to cover one and only one of the respective first and second openings; first and second compartment illuminating devices positioned on the panel, each of the first and second compartment illuminating devices positioned adjacent each of the first and second compartments, corresponding with one of the first and second compartments, and configured to receive the activating signal from the computer, and wherein one and only one of first and second compartment illuminating device corresponding to the selected one of the first and second compartments being illuminated based on the activating signal to indicate one of the first and second compartments has been selected by the computer after the drawer has been moved into the drawer opened position; first and second take switches, each of the first and second take switches positioned on the panel, being adjacent to a respective one of the first and second compartments, corresponding to the respective one of the first and second compartments, configured to be actuated, and configured to generate an unlocking signal when the respective one of the first and second take switches has been actuated; first and second return switches, each of the first and second return switches positioned on the panel, being adjacent to a respective one of the first and second compartments, corresponding to the respective one of the first and second compartments, configured to be actuated, and configured to generate a return signal when one of the first and second return switches has been actuated; and a locking mechanism interconnected with the first and second covers, the locking mechanism receiving a signal based on one of the unlocking signal and the return signal to position the locking mechanism from a locked position in which both of the first and second covers are not movable such that contents contained in the first and second compartments under the respective first and second covers in the drawer cannot be withdrawn and such that contents cannot be inserted into the first and second compartments in the drawer, to an unlocked position in which one of the first and second covers is movable such that contents contained in the respective one of the first and second compartments under the respective one of first and second covers in the drawer can be withdrawn and such that contents can be inserted into the respective one of the first and second compartments under the respective one of first and second covers in the drawer; wherein the drawer together with the panel and the first and second covers thereon have a height that is at most equal to the drawer height, and wherein the computer is further configured to record a removal of a content based on the unlocking signal, and to register an increased quantity of contents in the respective compartment based on the return signal.