Locker

They are commonly found in dedicated cabinets, very often in large numbers, in various public places such as locker rooms, workplaces, schools, transport hubs and the like.

These features include: Historically, lockers have been a space to store personal belongings secured by various locking mechanisms.

The earliest modern lockers were simple ‘box with a lock’ type device likely used for sporting purposes.

The movement from a large padlock and key to an electronic system, illustrates how lockers have adopted smart technology.

Smart technology allows lockers to be digital, flexible in use and equipped with various features to improve the user experience.

[2] With the rise of hybrid working, traditional lockers no longer serves the purpose for a modern workplace that empowers its people.

One such design eliminates the use of doors by offering a cylinder open at the front to receive items and can then be rotated to secure the contents.

[5] There has been some controversy over in what circumstances school authorities or law-enforcement officials are permitted to search lockers, with or without informing the users, or with or without the users being present at the time of the search, and it has been considered a civil liberties issue, particularly in the U.S. Other advocates of lockerless schools also cite reasons such as reducing noise by eliminating the clang of dozens of locker doors,[5] or creating a more appealing environment aesthetically.

In schools without lockers, students are sometimes provided with two complete sets of textbooks, one set being kept at school for use in class, and the other being kept at home for referring to for homework, thus limiting the amount of heavy carrying that would otherwise be required without having lockers to store them in between classes.

[5] However, research has shown an increase in the incidence of back injuries in some students, which has been directly attributed to the lack of lockers for storing books in, thus forcing students to spend more time carrying heavy loads of books in backpacks.