Patent Application
20160292991
The disclosure relates to safety devices and more particularly pertains to a new safety device for issuing an alert that a child has been left in a vehicle when the vehicle is turned off.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a vehicle that has an ignition and a key. A child seat is positioned within the vehicle and a base unit is provided. A clip is attached to the base unit and the clip engages the child seat. An alert is attached to the base unit and the alert emits an audible alarm when the alert receives a trigger signal. Thus, the alert notifies a user that a child is in the child seat when the vehicle is shut off. A remote unit is operationally coupled to the ignition such that the remote unit detects when the vehicle has been shut off. The remote unit generates the trigger signal when the vehicle is shut off.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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An alert 30 is attached to the base unit 20 and the alert 30 emits an audible alarm when the alert 30 receives a trigger signal. Thus, the alert 30 notifies a user that a child 32 is in the child seat 12 when the vehicle 12 is shut off. The alert 30 comprises a base control circuit 34 that is positioned within the base unit 20. An electronic memory 35 is positioned within the base unit 20 and the electronic memory 35 is electrically coupled to the base control circuit 34. The electronic memory 35 stores an audio file. The audio file may comprise the words “Baby on board” and the audio file is pre-loaded into the electronic memory 35. The electronic memory 35 may comprise ROM memory or the like.
A speaker 36 is attached to the base unit 20 and the speaker 36 is positioned on the front side 22 of the base unit 20. The speaker 36 is electrically coupled to the base control circuit 34 such that the speaker 36 selectively emits the audio file. A receiver 38 is positioned within the base unit 20 and the receiver 38 is electrically coupled to the base control circuit 34. The receiver 38 actuates the speaker 36 to emit the audio file when the receiver 38 receives the trigger signal. The receiver 38 may be a radio frequency receiver or the like.
A light emitter 40 is attached to the base unit 20 and the light emitter 40 is positioned on the front side 22 of the base unit 20. The light emitter 40 is electrically coupled to the base control circuit 34 and the light emitter 40 emits light when the receiver 38 receives the trigger signal. The light emitter 40 may comprise an LED or the like and the light emitter 40 may emit red light.
A switch 42 is attached to the base unit 20 and the switch 42 is positioned on the back side 24 of the base unit 20. The switch 42 is electrically coupled to the base control circuit 34 and the switch 42 selectively actuates and de-actuates the base control circuit 34. A base power supply 44 is positioned within the base unit 20 and the base power supply 44 is electrically coupled to the base control circuit 34. The base power supply 44 comprises at least one battery 46.
A remote unit 48 is provided and the remote unit 48 is electrically coupled to the ignition 14 such that the remote unit 48 detects when the vehicle 12 has been shut off. The remote unit 48 generates the trigger signal when the vehicle 12 is shut off. The remote unit 48 comprises a ring 50 that is coupled to the remote unit 48 and the ring 50 is attached to the key 16. A remote control circuit 52 is positioned within the remote unit 48. A transceiver 54 is positioned within the remote unit 48 and the transceiver 54 is in electrical communication with the vehicle 12.
The transceiver 54 is electrically coupled to the remote control circuit 52 and the remote unit 48 detects when the key 14 has been removed from the ignition 14. The transceiver 54 is in electrical communication with the receiver 38 and the transceiver 54 transmits the trigger signal to the receiver 38 when the remote unit 48 detects the key 14 has been removed from the ignition 14. A remote power supply 56 is positioned within the remote unit 48 and the remote power supply 56 is electrically coupled the remote control circuit 52. The remote power supply 56 comprises at least one battery 58.
In use, the clip 28 is attached to the child seat 18 and the ring 50 is attached to the key 16. The child 32 is placed in the child seat 18 and the vehicle 12 is driven. The speaker 36 emits the audio file and the light emitter 40 emits light when the key 16 is removed from the ignition 14. The speaker 36 and the light emitter 40 reduce the likely hood that the child 32 will be left unattended in the vehicle 12 after the vehicle 12 has been driven.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
