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US 2010/0039260 A1Published application
Security device and methodology
OwnerSanford BOSINinventor
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Abstract
A lock having a body, a face, a shackle and an audio and/or a visual system. The audio system includes a speaker system and a controller, and the visual system includes an indicator light and a controller. The systems also employ a battery and a battery indicator light, e.g., an LED, indicating when the battery needs to be replaced. The audio system emits an audible sequence and the visual system emits a light sequence when the lock is unlocked, reminding a user to lock the lock.
Claims29
A locking device comprising:
- a lock mechanism, said lock mechanism having a locked state and an unlocked state;
- and
- an indicator, said indicator being activated when said lock mechanism is in said unlocked state, and said indicator being deactivated when said lock mechanism is in said locked state,
- wherein a user of said locking device is alerted by a first signal when said lock mechanism is in said unlocked state, and
- wherein the continued unlocked state of said lock mechanism for a time interval after the first signal causes generation of a second signal.
2 more elements
A method for securing an object comprising:
- locking said object using a lock,
- said lock including an indicator, said lock having a locked state and an unlocked state;
- alerting a user of said lock, by a first signal from said indicator, when said lock enters said unlocked state,
- further alerting said user of said lock, by a second signal from said indicator, when said lock remains in said unlocked state after a time interval after said first signal.
1 more element
An alert signal device comprising:
- first means for generating a first signal upon unlocking a lock means;
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- second means for generating, after a time interval after generation of said first signal, an alert signal discernable to a user and alerting said user to the unlocked state of said lock means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.