Patent ID: 7471191

Claim:
An automatic cycle storage system comprising: a plurality of cycles, each of which carries a blocking device and an electronic circuit; at least one cycle storage area serving to receive the cycles while they are not being used; and at least one control device adapted to authorize, selectively, cycles to be borrowed from the storage area; wherein the blocking device of each cycle is mounted to move between firstly a blocking position in which the blocking device blocks at least one moving member of the cycle so as to prevent the cycle from being used normally, and secondly a releasing position in which the blocking device does not interfere with said moving member and makes it possible for the cycle to be used normally; wherein the control device is provided with a first short-range wireless communications interface, said first communications interface being stationary and having range limited substantially to the storage area; wherein each cycle is provided with a second short-range wireless communications interface adapted to communicate with the first communications interface, said second communications interface being connected to the electronic circuit of the cycle; wherein the cycle includes an electrical lock device controlled by the electronic circuit of the cycle and adapted to lock the blocking device in the blocking position; wherein the control device is adapted to control the blocking device of each cycle via the first communications interface and via the second communications interface of said cycle.