Patent ID: 7393023

Claim:
An apparatus for unlocking an enclosure from a remote location, said apparatus comprising: a keeper, means for mounting said keeper on a door of said enclosure, a bolt, means for mounting said bolt on another portion of said enclosure, means on said keeper for receiving said bolt, thereby latching said door of said enclosure with said another portion of said enclosure, said bolt secured to a single solenoid, and said single solenoid has an electrical wire electrically and mechanically connected thereto at one end, and said electrical wire has an electrical plug electrically and mechanically connected at a second end of said electrical wire, a control module detachably connected to a source of electricity, said control module has means for electrically and mechanically receiving said electrical plug, and wherein said control module is a receiver, and said control module is activated by a transmitter, and said transmitter is connected to said source of electricity that said control module is connected to, said single solenoid moves from a first position to a second position, when in said first position said solenoid is turned on and said door is latched by said keeper receiving said bolt, and when in said second position said solenoid is turned off and said door is unlatched, and when said control module is activated by said transmitter, said solenoid is turned off and moves from said first position to said second position, and wherein said single solenoid has a first end positioned within said control module and a second end positioned outside said control module, and said end positioned outside said control module has means for securing it to said bolt, and wherein said means for securing said end positioned outside said control module to said bolt comprises a pair of arms on said end positioned outside said control module, and means engaging said pair of arms to secure said bolt between said arms.