Patent ID: 7926215

Claim:
A lockbox tag system comprising: a lockbox having a main body with an internal key box for storing a key, a front side that carries an access mechanism for opening the key box, a back side, and a hanging shackle defining a shackle passage for securing the main body to a fixed hanging point; and a plurality of different color-coded lockbox tags that attach to the lockbox and visibly communicate a corresponding plurality of desired accessibility states relative to the lockbox using different colors; wherein each color-coded lockbox tag comprises: a front panel that is substantially flat and sized to cover at least a portion of the lockbox's main body's front side; a back panel that is substantially flat and sized to cover at least a portion of the lock box's main body's back side; and a narrow middle portion that is sized to fit within the shackle passage, the middle portion flexibly connecting the front and back panels to one another with the front and back panels in a substantially vertical orientation adjacent to the front and back sides, respectively, of the lockbox.