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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2012
Telezygology, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Lachlan Richard Goldspink, Elizabeth Bay, AU;
Telezygology, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a closures () for a compartment () having one or more walls () and an opening () defined by at least one of the walls (). The closure () is associated with at least one fastener located inside the compartment (). The fastener can hold the closure () in a first position (eg. closed) relative to the opening (). The fastener is adapted to cause the closure () to assume a second position (eg. open) relative to the opening () upon receipt of a suitable signal. The closure () has at least one indicium () visible from outside the compartment (). The indicium () is adapted to provide a visual indication of a status of the closure () or the compartment (), such as closure open, closure closed, compartment empty, compartment occupied. Instead of indicium () or in addition to it, the closure of the invention can include in the fastener means for communicating to a remote device, a status of the closure or the compartment. The closure and the compartment may form an array with other closures and compartments having similar fasteners. In that event, the fastener in each compartment may be addressable.