Pass-through convenience cabinet for hotel or similar public accommodation

Pass-through convenience cabinet for a public accommodation wherein the public accommodation includes at least one hallway and a plurality of rooms along said hallway each having a common wall shared by the room and the hallway such that the common wall has a hallway side and a room side;

• said cabinet comprising:
• a cabinet body configured to be disposed on the room side of said wall at a penetration to said hallway side of said common wall, onto which the cabinet body is mounted;
• a hallway-side door mounted on the cabinet body on the hallway side of said common wall at said penetration and being controllably opened and closed;
• at least one compartment on the room side of the cabinet body, the at least one compartment being accessible from the hallway side when said hallway-side door is opened;
• a room-side door provided for said at least one compartment, and said room-side door being openable and closeable from inside the respective room;
• a control mechanism incorporated into said cabinet on said room side thereof and configured to permit a person within the room to unlock and open the respective room-side door;
• and
• an interlock mechanism for said hallway-side door and said room-side door, permitting said hallway-side door to be opened only when the room-side door for at least one compartment door is closed;
• and permitting said room-side door to be opened only when said hallway-side door is closed.

Pass-through convenience cabinet for a public accommodation wherein the public accommodation includes at least one hallway and a plurality of rooms along said hallway each having a common wall shared by the room and the hallway such that the common wall has a hallway side and a room side, and to be shared by two adjacent rooms separated by a dividing wall;

• said cabinet comprising:
• a cabinet body configured to be disposed on the room side of said wall at a penetration to said hallway side of said common wall, onto which the cabinet body is mounted, and wherein said cabinet is situated in said dividing wall so as to extend into both rooms of said two adjacent rooms;
• a hallway-side door mounted on the cabinet body on the hallway side of said common wall at said penetration and being controllably opened and closed;
• at least two compartments on the room said of the cabinet body, each being accessible from the hallway side when said hall-side door is opened, and wherein at least one of said compartments is accessible only from one of said two adjacent rooms, and another of said compartments is accessible only from the other of said two adjacent rooms;
• at least two room-side doors provided respectively for said compartments, and each said room-side door being openable and closeable from inside the respective one of said two adjacent rooms;
• a control mechanism incorporated into said cabinet on said room side thereof and configured to permit a person within the respective room to open the respective room-side door;
• and
• an interlock mechanism for said hallway-side door and said room-side doors, permitting said hallway-side door to be opened only when all of said at least two room-side doors are closed;
• and permitting said room-side doors to be opened only one door at a time and only when said hallway-side door is closed.