Patent ID: 7670216

Claim:
An automated opening access closure and venting mechanism for an opening access disposed in an opening defined by a frame having a plane, and that is movable between an open position and a closed position in said opening, said automated opening access closure and venting mechanism comprising: an input device, coupled to said opening access and to said opening frame, and configured for detecting whether said opening access is in one of an open position or a closed position; an opening access vent device, disposed in said opening access and movable between an open position and a closed position, said opening access vent device configured, in said open position, for providing an opening between a first side of said opening access and a second side of said opening access; and an output device, coupled to said input device and to said opening access vent device, and responsive to whether said opening access is in one of said open position or said closed position, wherein said output device opens said opening access vent device when said opening access is in said open position, and closes said opening access vent device only when said opening access is in said closed position.