Patent ID: 8509944

Claim:
A storage kiosk for storing items comprising a cabinet having a door defining a cabinet front, said door including a plurality of openable panels vertically aligned, said panels normally being in a latched closed position; a carousel rotatably mounted in the cabinet about a vertical axis, said carousel including a plurality of shelves spaced along the vertical axis, the number of shelves corresponding to the number of openable panels, a plurality of dividers disposed on each of said shelves to define a plurality of compartments on each shelf for receiving items to be stored, said dividers and said shelves, in conjunction, defining a plurality of compartments around the periphery of said carousel, drive means for rotating said carousel to bring each compartment into alignment with a panel, power latch means for selectively latching or unlatching each panel so that it can be opened to place an item in or remove an item from the compartment which was brought into alignment with the panel by the drive means, computer means for assigning, on demand, an available compartment for storage of an item, computer means for signaling the carousel drive means to rotate the assigned compartment into alignment with a panel, and computer means for signaling the power latch means securing the panel in alignment with the assigned compartment to unlatch, permitting access to the assigned compartment for storage of an item.