Locking and unlocking tool boxes and tool cabinets
AssigneePimp My Box Ltd.
InventorKarl Arnold
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Abstract
A tool box or tool cabinet (hereafter: “tool box”) is provided with a locking mechanism having a locked condition in which it prevents access to tools within the tool box, and an unlocked condition in which it allows access to tools within the tool box. An electric motor has a rotor, and is provided with a microprocessor and control circuit, coupled to the motor for controlling it. The microprocessor is adapted to receive Bluetooth signals when paired to a user's portable Bluetooth-enabled mobile device, The microprocessor and control circuit are effective, when the user's portable Bluetooth-enabled mobile device is sufficiently close to the control circuit to be detected, to energise the motor to rotate the rotor in a first sense, effective to disable the locking mechanism to allow access to the tools.
Claims11
A lock conversion kit adapted to be fitted to a tool box that already has a locking mechanism pre-fitted to the tool box as supplied and operable by a main locking unit also pre-fitted to the tool box as supplied, said locking mechanism having a locked condition preventing access to tools within said tool box, and an unlocked condition allowing access to tools within said tool box, the lock conversion kit comprising:
- an electric motor, the motor having a rotor;
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- a microprocessor and control circuit, coupled to the motor for controlling the motor, and configured to receive Bluetooth signals when paired to a user's portable Bluetooth-enabled mobile device, the microprocessor and control circuit being effective, when the user's portable Bluetooth-enabled mobile device is sufficiently close to the control circuit to be detected, to energise the motor to rotate the rotor in a first sense, effective to disable the locking mechanism to allow access to said tools,
- wherein the lock conversion kit, when fitted to the tool box, is configured to engage said locking mechanism and is configured to over-ride the operation of said main locking unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.