Automated Garment Kiosk

An automated kiosk, comprising:

• a. a panel;
• b. a doorway in the panel;
• c. first and second doors positioned in the doorway;
• d. a conveyor behind the panel;
• e. a plurality of dividers hanging from the conveyor, wherein a compartment is formed between each pair of adjacent dividers;
• and
• f. a controller configured to open the first and second doors inwardly to such an extent that the first door contacts and overlaps a leftmost divider and the second door contacts and overlaps a rightmost divider, whereby access to compartments other than the compartment aligned with the first and second doors is prevented.

A method for operating an automated garment kiosk, the method comprising the steps of:

• a. receiving a pick-up input at an input device;
• b. in response to the pick-up input, receiving a user identification from a reader, and identifying a compartment from a plurality of compartments that is associated with the user identification;
• c. rotating the one of a plurality of compartments associated with the user identification to align with a doorway and a pair of doors mounted in the doorway;
• d. unlocking the pair of doors whereby the pair of doors may be opened inwardly, wherein an interior edge of each of the doors engages with and overlaps an outer edge of each of two dividers that define the compartment;
• and
• e. after waiting for a first time period, closing the two doors.