# US 12,595,685 B2 · Smart locking system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,595,685 B2 - Document ID: US12595685B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/768,329 - Filed: 2024-07-10 - Published: 2026-01-15 - Granted: 2026-04-07 - Earliest claimed: 2024-07-10 - Applicants: Joshua Hart; Sam Ristich - Inventors: Joshua Hart; Sam Ristich - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12595685B2 ## CPC - E05B 65/006: {for covers or panels (for manholes E02D29/1427; for holes enabling access to installations in buildings E04F19/08; for pressure vessels F16J13/00)} - E05B 47/0001: {with electric actuators; Constructional features thereof (for vehicles E05B81/04)} - E05B 2047/0069: {bolt position} - G08C 17/02: using a radio link - E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS - G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) ## Abstract A locking system. The locking system includes a first portion including a locking slot and a second portion including a locking tab. The first portion is configured with a panel of a utility box and the second portion is configured with a side of the utility box. When the utility box panel is closed, the locking tab is received into the locking slot and a locking pin is configured to lock the locking tab therein. The system includes guards that limit access to the locking tab and to the locking pin thereby minimizing potential tampering of the system. The system also includes a motion sensing system and a communications module. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A locking system for use in locking a panel to a locking tab, the locking system comprising: a locking assembly including a back side adapted to be fixedly attached to the panel and a front side opposite the first sidewall; a slot in the first sidewall and extending at least partially to the back side, the slot adapted to receive at least a portion of the locking tab; a locking pin movable to engage the locking tab when the locking tab is received into the slot; a window in the front side defined by a window perimeter within the front side; and a blocking member behind the front side and including the slot and an outer surface facing through the window, the outer surface including a recess wherein the locking pin is aligned and movable within the recess, wherein the window provides visibility of the blocking member, the slot, the locking pin, and the locking tab when the locking tab is received into the slot. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The locking system of claim 1 wherein the locking tab includes a locking hole positioned within the recess when the locking tab is received into the slot. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The locking system of claim 2 wherein the locking pin passes through the locking hole when the locking pin is moved to engage the locking tab. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The locking system of claim 1 further comprising a motion detecting system and a communication system, wherein the motion detecting system is adapted to detect motion within a radius of the locking system and upon detecting the motion, to send a message using the communication system to a user. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The locking system of claim 4 wherein the message incudes an alert, and communications system sends the alert to a mobile device associated with the user. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The locking system of claim 5 wherein the motion detecting system includes a facial recognition system adapted to recognize at least one face recorded by the motion detecting system and to communicate an image of and/or an identity of the at least one face to the user. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The locking system of claim 4 wherein the motion detecting system is adapted to record video of at least a portion of the radius upon detecting the motion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The locking system of claim 4 wherein the motion detection system is adapted to, upon detecting the motion, scan for a mobile device, and upon locating the mobile device, to identify an Internet protocol (IP) address of the mobile device, and to communicate the IP address to the user. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The locking system of claim 4 further comprising an audio alarm, and upon the motion detecting system detecting the motion, activating the audio alarm. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The locking system of claim 9 wherein the audio alarm includes a siren, a reproduction of a voice, and/or a broadcast of a user's voice received using the communication system. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The locking system of claim 1 further comprising a controller configured to receive a command from a mobile device associated with a user, and upon receiving the command, to move the locking pin to a locked position and/or to an unlocked position. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The locking system of claim 1 further comprising a vibration sensor configured to identity a vibration of the locking system representative of a tampering of the system, and upon identifying the vibration, to send a message to a user. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The locking system of claim 1 wherein the window includes a windowpane. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The locking system of claim 13 wherein the windowpane comprises Polycarbonate. ### Claim 15 A locking system for use in locking a panel, the locking system comprising: a first locking assembly including a first assembly back side adapted to be fixedly attached to the panel and a first assembly front side opposite the first assembly back side, a locking pin moveable within the first assembly, a slot in the first assembly back side defined by a slot first sidewall and a slot second sidewall, the slot first sidewall positioned closer to the locking pin than the slot second sidewall is positioned; a locking tab including a tab distal end adapted to be received into the slot; a window in the front side defined by a window perimeter within the first assembly front side; and a blocking member behind the first assembly front side and including the slot and an outer surface facing through the window, the outer surface including a recess wherein the locking pin is aligned and movable within the recess, wherein the window provides visibility of the blocking member, the slot, the locking pin, and the locking tab when the locking tab is received into the slot wherein when the tab distal end is received into the slot the locking pin is movable to engage the locking tab. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The locking system of claim 15 wherein the locking tab includes a locking hole and the locking pin passes through the locking hole when the locking tab is received into the slot and the locking pin is moved to engage the locking tab. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The locking system of claim 15 wherein the tab distal end terminates within the first assembly between the first assembly back side and the first assembly front side. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The locking system of claim 15 wherein the locking tab includes a tab proximal end opposite the tab distal end and wherein the locking tab extends linearly from the tab proximal end to the tab distal end.