Patent ID: 8700211
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. A controlled access pharmaceutical storage case comprising a frame and at least one pull out drawer slidably supported in the frame of the cabinet; said drawer including a plurality of storage compartments arranged in at least one row that extends in a proximal-distal direction along said drawer and an elongated channel portion extending in said proximal-distal direction alongside said at least one row of compartments; each of said storage compartments having a lid that is normally locked down but is selectively releasable to permit the lid to open for access to the compartment; each said lid having a lid pull provided at a proximal side thereof and a hinge pin at a distal portion thereof and extending on a transverse pivot axis that is transverse to said proximal-distal direction to permit the lid to pivot from a lowered closed position to a raised open position; and a lock pin extending sidewards from one side edge of said lid into said channel portion, such that each of said lids may be lifted up from the proximal side and pivot up and distally on said transverse pivot axis, the lid and hinge pin being free of any spring device so that the lid does not open until lifted; a slide bar disposed in said channel portion and adapted to move for at least a limited distance in the proximal-distal direction along said channel portion, said slide bar having slots along one edge thereof that align with the respective lock pins of said compartment lids when said slide bar is moved to different positions along said channel portion, and such that any compartment lid in which the lock pin aligns with its respective slot may be lifted open, but the remaining lids in that row are blocked from opening; controlled motor means contained within a distal wall at a distal end of the drawer and engaging a distal portion of said slide bar that projects into said distal wall for moving said slide bar in its proximal-distal direction to selected positions to align a given slot of the slide bar with the lock pin of a selected one of said compartments to permit the associated lid to be lifted open but to lock each of the other compartments in said row from opening.