US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on Feb. 10 for "Security container status reminder and alerting module" (Ohio, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,428, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Security container status reminder and alerting module" was invented by John McIntire (Dayton, Ohio), Matthew Srnoyachki (Moraine, Ohio), Matthew Sunday (California, Ky.), Thomas Mitchell (Dayton, Ohio) and Joseph Althaus (Dayton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitor for a security container includes a first monitor portion for attachment to one of a closure or a housing of the security container. The first monitor portion includes a sensor, an audible alarm, and a "spin-confirm" pu...