Patent ID: 8730041

Claim:
A cart comprising: a housing having a top surface portion and a plurality of sides; a compartment section, for storing items in said housing, which is associated with and accessible from at least one side of said housing, wherein said compartment section may be placed in (a) a closed condition for preventing removal of items stored therein, and (b) an open condition for permitting access to items stored therein; a sensor for sensing movement of said compartment section from the closed condition to the open condition; an alarm indicator for signaling an alarm condition; an alarm controller, coupled to said sensor and said alarm indicator, wherein said alarm controller controls said alarm indicator to signal the alarm condition when said sensor senses movement from the closed condition to the open condition; and a termination mechanism, coupled to said alarm controller, for transmitting an alarm termination signal when said termination mechanism is triggered by a user, wherein said termination mechanism is located in said compartment section.