Patent ID: 8395883

Claim:
A docking station cabinet for connecting a temporary power source to an electrical load, the docking station cabinet comprising: (a) a compartment that includes an interior, an exterior, and a first surface having a cable slot; (b) a cabinet-electrical-connector housed in the interior of the compartment; (c) a main door hingedly connected to the compartment and rotatable about a main-door axis between a main-door-closed position and an main-door-open position, wherein the cabinet-electrical-connector is accessible when the main door is in the main-door-open position; (d) a cable-slot door hingedly connected to the compartment and rotatable about a cable-slot-door axis between a cable-slot-door-closed position and a cable-slot-door-open position, wherein (i) an electrical cable is extendible from the exterior of the compartment through the compartment's cable slot into the interior of the compartment when the cable-slot door is in the cable-slot-door-open position, and (ii) the cable-slot door covers the compartment's cable slot, thereby preventing the electrical cable from extending from the exterior of the compartment through the compartment's cable slot into the interior of the compartment, when the cable-slot door is in the cable-slot-door-closed position; and (e) a compartment locking mechanism that includes (i) a locking-mechanism housing coupled to the interior of the compartment, the locking-mechanism housing defining a bore, (ii) a trapped-key lock coupled to the compartment, the trapped-key lock including a key and a plunger, with the key being turnable to translate the plunger within the bore between a trapped position and an untrapped position, and with the key being trapped when the plunger is in the trapped position, (iii) a main-door-locking member coupled to the locking-mechanism housing and movable between (A) a main-door-locked position in which the main-door-locking member is prevented from moving into the bore by the plunger in the untrapped position and the main door is prevented from opening and (B) a main-door-unlocked position in which the main-door-locking member is moved into the bore unimpeded by the plunger in the trapped position and the main door is permitted to open, and (iv) a cable-slot-door-locking member coupled to the locking-mechanism housing and movable between (A) a cable-slot-door-locked position in which the cable-slot-door-locking member is prevented from moving into the bore by the plunger in the untrapped position and the cable-slot door is prevented from opening and (B) a cable-slot-door-unlocked position in which the cable-slot-door-locking member is moved into the bore unimpeded by the plunger in the trapped position and the cable-slot door is permitted to open, wherein the plunger is prevented from translating to the untrapped position when either the main-door-locking member is in the main-door-unlocked position or the cable-slot-door-locking member is in the cable-slot-door-unlocked position.