SECURITY DEVICE AND METHODOLOGY
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1. 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, andwherein the continued unlocked state of said lock mechanism for a time interval after the first signal causes generation of a second signal.
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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.
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29 Claims
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1. A locking device comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for securing an object comprising:
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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.
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29. An alert signal device comprising:
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first means for generating a first signal upon unlocking a lock means; and 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.
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