US 12,245,386 B2
Portable dock for electronic key retention devices
Jason Shaun Pedersen, Glendale, AZ (US); and Tamara Hatzinger, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to Knox Associates, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by Knox Associates, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/486,401.
Application 18/486,401 is a continuation of application No. 17/816,835, filed on Aug. 2, 2022, granted, now 11,849,550.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/229,028, filed on Aug. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0260211 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0217 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1632 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A key retention device configured to be non-removably attached to a structure and to secure a key, the key retention device comprising:
a portable dock configured to house the key, wherein the portable dock is removably secured to the key retention device, wherein the portable dock comprises a key holder configured to receive the key, and wherein the key holder is configured to move between a closed position and an open position;
a portable dock locking system comprising a locking arm configured to transition between a locked state and an unlocked state, wherein the portable dock locking system is configured to secure the portable dock to the key retention device;
an actuator configured to transition the portable dock locking system between the locked state and the unlocked state by at least retracting the locking arm; and
a docking seat configured to receive and couple with the portable dock.