Patent ID: 7607573

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a plurality of safety deposit boxes, each safety deposit box including: a frame bounding an interior area, the frame defining an opening; a door movably mounted in operative supported connection with the frame, wherein the door is movable between an open position wherein in the open position of the door the interior area is accessible through the opening, and a closed position wherein the door is operative to block the opening and the interior area is rendered inaccessible by the door; at least one key lock, wherein the at least one key lock is operative in a locked condition to hold the door in the closed position, wherein the at least one key lock includes a key opening, wherein the at least one key lock is changeable by a key inserted in the key opening to an unlocked condition, wherein in the unlocked condition the door is movable between the closed position and the open position; a body, wherein the body is movably mounted in operatively supported connection with the door, wherein the body is movable between a blocking position and an exposing position, wherein in the blocking position the body overlies the key opening and prevents key access thereto, and wherein in the exposing position the key opening is accessible to receive a key; a cover lock, wherein the cover lock is in operative connection with the body, wherein the cover lock is changeable between a latched condition wherein the body is held in the blocking position, and an unlatched condition, wherein in the unlatched condition the body is movable between the blocking position and the exposing position; a wireless indicator, wherein the wireless indicator is operative to output at least one signal corresponding to box identifying data, wherein the box identifying data is unique to one particular safety deposit box relative to the plurality of safety deposit boxes; an electronic key module, wherein the electronic key module includes a reader operative to read the at least one signal, and wherein the electronic key module includes at least one processor and at least one data store, wherein the at least one data store includes programmed data, and wherein the at least one processor is operative to determine that the at least one signal and the programmed data have at least one relationship, and wherein the at least one processor is operative responsive to determining the at least one relationship, to cause the electronic key module to change the cover lock from the latched condition to the unlatched condition.