US Patent Issued to Oracle International on Feb. 24 for "Secure bin for selective deposit" (Washington, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,304, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Oracle International Corp. (Redwood Shores, Calif.).

"Secure bin for selective deposit" was invented by Jennifer Nelson (Mountlake Terrace, Wash.), Michael Hunter (Tega Cay, S.C.) and Ismael Rangel (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One example embodiment is adapted for use in facilitating collection and transport of memory devices, e.g., drives, motherboards, etc., e.g., for the purposes of subsequent destruction. The example embodiment has an outer bin, also called a garage or outer enclosure, within which is placed an inner bin with wheels. Once closed and locked, the outer bin has a do...