US Patent Issued to SentriLock on May 27 for "Electronic lockbox with sensor and removable magnetic key fob" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,318, issued on May 27, was assigned to SentriLock LLC (Cincinnati).

"Electronic lockbox with sensor and removable magnetic key fob" was invented by Scott R. Fisher (West Chester, Ohio), Tyler S. Witt (South Lebanon, Ohio), Madelyn G. Bollinger (West Chester, Ohio) and Christopher A Hunt (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic lockbox with a single sensor that can detect both the position of a key compartment component (or a movable key bin) and the presence of a removable key fob (attached to a building key). The key compartment includes a first magnet and the removable key fob includes a second magnet. The single s...