Patent ID: 8397310
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: A45C,A45F,G06F

Abstract:
1. A smart container for holding items while transporting said items from a first location to a second location, said smart container suitable for being manually moved by a person, said smart container comprising: at least one compartment defining a void for holding items within said compartment, said compartment comprising a first section releasably associated with a second section and wherein said void is defined between said first section and said second section; at least one module bay associated with at least one of said first section and said second section, said module bay comprising a bay communication port and a bay power port, and wherein said module bay is configured for being mechanically associated and electrically associated with an electronic module; a controller mechanically associated with one of said first section, said second section, and a module bay, said controller comprising a processing device electrically associated with a memory; wherein said controller is electrically associated with said bay communication port, said controller configured for at least one of (a) receiving data from an electronic module electrically associated with said bay communication port, and (b) sending data to an electronic module electrically associated with said bay communication port; a signaling device electrically associated with said controller, wherein said signaling device is one of: (a) an electronic module associated with said module bay, and (b) an integral electric device: a user interface electrically associated with said controller, said user interface configured for receiving user input and wherein said controller is further configured to place said signaling device in a signaling mode in response to at least one of (a) user input, (b) data received from an electronic module mechanically associated with a module bay and electrically associated with said controller, (c) data received from an integral device electrically associated with said controller, and (d) a program routine; a power buss electrically associated with said bay power port and said controller; a first wheel positioned at a first location and a second wheel positioned at a second location and wherein said first wheel and said second wheel extend at least partially beyond the outside perimeter of said smart container; a vacuum pump configured for being associated with a vacuum pack, said vacuum pump electrically associated with said power buss; a power source electrically associated with said power bus; and wherein at least one exterior surface of said smart container is associated with a photovoltaic cell, said photovoltaic cell configured for supplying power to at least one of (a) a device electrically associated with said power buss, (b) said power source, and (c) said controller.