Container with a selective opening and closing mechanism
First Claim
1. A locking container device comprising:
- a. a closeable container for holding at least one object;
b. a lock coupled to the container and moveable between a lock position and an unlock position; and
c. a programmable circuit for automatically actuating the lock between the lock position and the unlock position at an unlock time, wherein the unlock time is a random time within a specified range, wherein the lock is moved to the lock position at activation and does not move to the unlock position until the unlock time and further wherein the container automatically opens upon the lock moving to the unlock position.
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Abstract
A system and apparatus which includes one or more locking container devices comprising a closeable container for holding at least one object; lock coupled to the container and moveable between a lock position and an unlock position; and programmable timer circuit for actuating the lock at a programmed time which is either specified or randomly set. The container device alternatively includes a receiving component for sensing a change an external condition including but not limited to, geographic location, temperature, sound and one or more predetermined operations. The timer circuit is alternatively unlocked by receiving an unlock signal via an appropriate communication medium from a remote source. The container device also includes a transmitter for transmitting an appropriate signal to the remote source. An interface terminal is coupled to the remote source and configured to accept at least one external condition instruction to be transmitted to the receiving component.
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35 Claims
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1. A locking container device comprising:
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a. a closeable container for holding at least one object; b. a lock coupled to the container and moveable between a lock position and an unlock position; and c. a programmable circuit for automatically actuating the lock between the lock position and the unlock position at an unlock time, wherein the unlock time is a random time within a specified range, wherein the lock is moved to the lock position at activation and does not move to the unlock position until the unlock time and further wherein the container automatically opens upon the lock moving to the unlock position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A locking container device comprising:
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a. a closeable container for holding at least one object; b. a lock coupled to the container and moveable between a lock position and an unlock position; and c. a programmable circuit coupled to the lock and configured to automatically actuate the lock between the lock position and the unlock position at a programmed time subsequent to activation, wherein the programmed time is a random time within a specified range, wherein the lock does not move until the programmed time and further wherein the container automatically opens upon the lock moving to the unlock position. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. A portable locking container device comprising:
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a. a closeable container for holding at least one object; b. a lock coupled to the container and moveable between a lock position and an unlock position and further wherein the container automatically opens upon the lock moving to the unlock position; c. an electronic sensor for sensing a change in at least one external condition; and d. a circuit coupled to the electronic sensor and for actuating the lock to move between the lock position and the unlock position in response to the change in the external condition, wherein the external condition is time dependent and further wherein the time dependent external condition is randomly determined.
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9. A portable locking container device comprising:
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a. a closeable container for holding at least one object; b. a lock coupled to the container and moveable between a lock position and an unlock position and further wherein the container automatically opens upon the lock moving to the unlock position; c. an electronic sensor for sensing a change in at least one external condition; and d. a circuit coupled to the electronic sensor and for actuating the lock to move between the lock position and the unlock position in response to the change in the external condition, wherein the external condition is sound dependent. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A selectively locking portable container device comprising:
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a. a container for holding one or more objects; b. a lock for locking the container, wherein the lock is moveable between a lock position and an unlock position; c. a circuit for selectively moving the lock between the lock position and the unlock position upon receiving an unlock signal from a remote transmitting source; and d. a receiver for receiving the unlock signal, wherein the receiver further includes a sensor, wherein the circuit moves the lock between the lock position and the unlock position in response to the sensor sensing a change from a first environmental state to a second environmental state, wherein the first and second environmental states are sound dependent. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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17. A selectively locking portable container device comprising:
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a. a container for holding one or more objects; b. a lock for locking the container, wherein the lock is moveable between a lock position and an unlock position; and c. a circuit for selectively moving the lock between the lock position and the unlock position upon receiving an unlock signal from a remote transmitting source, wherein the unlock signal includes a time component instruction, wherein the time component instruction instructs the circuit to actuate the lock at a specific time, wherein the specific time provided by the time component instruction is random.
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23. A system including a plurality of selectively locking container devices comprising:
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a. plurality of container devices each further comprising; i. container for holding one or more objects; ii. a lock coupled to the container and moveable between a lock position and an unlock position; and iii. a receiver circuit coupled to the lock, the receiver circuit configured to actuate the lock between the lock and unlock position; and b. a transmitting source for selectively transmitting one or more instruction signals to the plurality of container devices, wherein the receiver circuit in at least one selected container device automatically moves the lock between the lock position and the unlock position in response to receiving the one or more instruction signals, wherein the one or more instruction signals include a time dependent parameter, wherein the lock moves between the lock position and unlock position at an appropriate time specified by the time dependent parameter, and further wherein the time dependent parameter is randomly determined. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35)
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32. A system including a plurality of selectively locking container devices comprising:
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a. a plurality of container devices each further comprising; i. a container for holding one or more objects; ii. a lock coupled to the container and moveable between a lock position and an unlock position; and iii. a receiver circuit coupled to the lock, the receiver circuit configured to actuate the lock between the lock and unlock position; and b. a transmitting source for selectively transmitting one or more instruction signals to the plurality of container devices, wherein the receiver circuit in at least one selected container device automatically moves the lock between the lock position and the unlock position in response to receiving the one or more instruction signals, wherein at least one of the receiver circuits in the plurality of container devices actuates the lock in response to an appropriate variation in sound.
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