Patent ID: 7657344

Claim:
A cabinet suitable for use in storing items, the cabinet comprising: a drawer; a plurality of cassettes arranged within the drawer in a matrix having a plurality of rows and columns, each cassette individually movable in a direction outward from the matrix, at least one of the cassettes containing an item to be retrieved; first and second locking mechanisms configured to inhibit and actuate movement of each of the plurality of cassettes, wherein the first locking mechanism is operable to move from a locked position to an unlocked position and at least partially release each cassette in a first row corresponding to the row in which the cassette containing the item to be retrieved is located, wherein the second mechanism is operable to move from a locked position to an unlocked position and at least partially release each cassette in a first column corresponding to the column in which the cassette containing the item to be retrieved is located, and wherein the first locking mechanism is independent of the second locking mechanism; and a controller operable to move the first and second locking mechanisms to their respective unlocked positions, and to release the cassette occupying both the first row and the first column for movement.