Abstract: A battery charging storage device charges and stores batteries in a compact lockable case. The device includes a housing having a bottom wall and a perimeter wall defining an interior space. A medial wall extends through the interior space of the housing. Straight interior walls extend upwardly from the medial wall defining a plurality of rows in the interior space. A top surface of the medial wall conforms to an exterior shape of a plurality batteries positioned end to end within each row in the interior space. Charging walls extend across associated rows defining a plurality of individual compartments. Contact sets are coupled to the charging walls with each contact set corresponding to an associated one of the compartments in the interior space. Wiring couples each contact set to a plug electrically wherein each contact sets is configured to provide electrical current to a battery positioned in the associated compartment.

Abstract: A closure includes a hub having a bore in fluid communication with the port of a vessel. A door is removably positioned within the bore of the hub, and a locking ring is threaded with the hub thread for moving the door to a closed and circumferentially sealed position against the shoulder. At least one rotatable actuator element, such as a plurality of gears, engages the locking ring and is rotated to rotate the locking ring. A breaker bar or impact wrench could be used to rotatable drive the actuator elements.

Abstract: A closure includes a hub having a bore in fluid communication with the port of a vessel. A door is removably positioned within the bore of the hub, and a locking ring is threaded with the hub thread for moving the door to a closed and circumferentially sealed position against the shoulder. At least one rotatable actuator element, such as a plurality of gears, engages the locking ring and is rotated to rotate the locking ring. A breaker bar or impact wrench could be used to rotatable drive the actuator elements.

Abstract: Messaging-based transactions may be transmitted by using an intermediary host to receive transaction information from a sender. The sender and the transaction information are authenticated, and the transaction information is packaged as a transaction when the sender and the transaction information are authenticated. A trusted transaction message is generated configured to indicate to a recipient that the trusted transaction message has been authenticated, wherein the trusted transaction message is configured to execute the transaction when a recipient interacts with the transaction in the trusted transaction message. The trusted transaction message is transmitted.

Abstract: An intermediary host may enroll a user in a messaging-based transaction system. In particular, an intermediary host interfaces with a partner data store and compares a partner data store with an internal store. As a result, a user common to both the partner data store and the internal store may be identified. The user may be prompted to enroll in a messaging-based transaction system; or when the user already is enrolled in a messaging-based transaction system, receive a trusted transaction message to pay a bill for the partner using the messaging-based transaction system.

Abstract: An intermediary host may enroll a user in a messaging-based transaction system. In particular, an intermediary host interfaces with a partner data store and compares a partner data store with an internal store. As a result, a user common to both the partner data store and the internal store may be identified. The user may be prompted to enroll in a messaging-based transaction system; or when the user already is enrolled in a messaging-based transaction system, receive a trusted transaction message to pay a bill for the partner using the messaging-based transaction system.