(12) UIllt€d States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,063,735 B2 Shoenfeld (45) Date of Patent: Nov. 22, 2011 (54) REMOTELY ACTUATED REFRIGERATOR (56) References Cited LOCK WITH THERMAL SPOILAGE PROTECTION U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (75) Inventor: Nnnnnn A- shnenfelnt Livingston, NJ 20056/b718At8(5§?(7> Eli Z5882‘ §l§§‘§§if§ ;{,"1 """"" "111 ZZSZQS (US) 2005/0279122 A1 * 12/2005 Cohen et al. .................. .. 62/441 * . . (73) Assignee: SIS X-Ray Products, Inc., Pen Argyl, cued by examlner PA (US) Primar ' y Exammer * Jeffery Hofsass ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this (74) Attorney’ Agent’ Or Firm T Bernhard P‘ Mondrem’ Jr‘ 85%. 11S5::1)((tt>€):Ili/e(¢112?5rd2el1(§1/Jsllsted under 35 <57) ABSTRACT A remotely actuable refrigerator door lock has a body portion (21) APP1~ NO-3 12/470,541 attached to the cabinet and a door portion attached to an edge _ _ of the door. A latch in the body portion engages a strike plate (22) F11ed' May 22’ 2009 in the door portion and can be remotely lifted to open the nn Us 2009/0231 132 A1 SeP- 17, 2009 and/or humidity in the refrigerator is compared With a prede_ _ termined limit, and in the event the sensed value is beyond the Related U‘s‘ Applmatlon Data limit, the remote opening functionality is disabled, and a (63) Continuation-in-Part of application NO_ 11/391,986, microprocessor automatically generates and sends a Warning filed on Mar. 29, 2006, noW abandoned. message. A key lock can provide access in the event of an adverse temperature or humidity event. The host computer (51) IIlt- CL keeps an audit trail of the times and personnel accessing each G083 21/ 00 (2006-01) refrigerator. The system may be used in hospital for control(52) U-S- CL -------- -- 340/573; 340/542; 340/585; 62/129 ling access to pharmaceuticals or may be used in a Weight loss (58) Field of Classification Search ................ .. 340/540, program,
