Configurable electric wireless lock assembly
AssigneeBarcoding, Inc.
InventorJay Steinmetz
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Abstract
Disclosed are devices, assemblies, systems, apparatus, methods, products, and other implementations, including a lock assembly to control access to an individual storage space. The lock assembly includes a wireless chargeable storage device to store energy transmitted wirelessly from a remote source, a modular support structure configured to hold the wireless chargeable storage device, and an electric lock in electrical communication with the wireless chargeable storage device. The electric lock is configured to be electrically actuated, using stored energy delivered from the wireless chargeable storage device, from a current locking state to a subsequent locking state in response to a control signal representative of a locking change state.
Claims20
A lock assembly to control access to an individual storage space, the lock assembly comprising:
- a wireless chargeable storage device to store energy transmitted wirelessly from a remote source;
- a modular side wall configured to hold the wireless chargeable storage device, the modular side wall adjustably mountable at one of a plurality of locations within an inner space of a container structure to define the individual storage space with adjustable-dimensions that depend on a selected location from the plurality of locations within the inner space of the container structure at which the adjustably mountable modular side wall, bounding the individual storage space, was mounted;
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- an electric lock in electrical communication with the wireless chargeable storage device, the electric lock configured to be electrically actuated, using stored energy delivered from the wireless chargeable storage device, from a current locking state to a subsequent locking state in response to a control signal representative of a locking change state.
A locker unit comprising:
- multiple modular side walls that each comprises a respective wireless chargeable storage device to store energy transmitted wirelessly from one or more remote sources and is adjustably mountable at one of a plurality of locations within an inner space of the locker unit to define an individual storage space with adjustable-dimensions that depend on a selected location from the plurality of locations within the inner space of the locker unit at which the adjustably mountable modular side wall, bounding the individual storage space, was mounted;
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- a plurality of individually controlled electric locks that are each in electrical communication with the wireless chargeable storage device of a respective one of the multiple modular side walls, each of the plurality of the individually controlled electric locks configured to be electrically actuated, using stored energy delivered from the wireless chargeable storage device of the respective one of the multiple modular side walls, from a current locking state to a subsequent locking state in response to a respective control signal representative a locking change state;
- wherein the multiple modular side walls define, in part, individually accessible storage spaces of the locker unit.
A method to control access to an individual storage space, the method comprising:
- mounting a modular side wall within an interior space of the locker unit, the modular side wall being adjustably mountable at one of a plurality of locations within the interior space of a locker unit to define the individual storage space with adjustable-dimensions that depend on a selected location from the plurality of locations within the interior space of the locker unit at which the adjustably mountable modular side wall, bounding the individual storage space, was mounted, with the modular side wall holding a wireless chargeable storage device configured to store energy transmitted wirelessly from a remote source;
- mechanically coupling a modular door comprising an electric lock to the modular side wall to define the individual storage space within the interior space of the locker unit, wherein the coupling of the modular door to the modular side wall establishes an electrical connection between the electric lock and the wireless chargeable storage device;
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- electrically actuating the electric lock of the modular door, using stored energy delivered from the wireless chargeable storage device, from a current locking state to a subsequent locking state in response to a control signal representative of a locking change state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.