Patent Application
20190314250
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The disclosure and prior art relates to pacifier assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new pacifier assembly for locating a misplaced pacifier.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a panel that is flexible. A nipple is coupled to and extends from a first face of the panel. The nipple is configured to pacify a child. A tracker unit is coupled to a second face of the panel. The tracker unit comprises a transceiver so that the tracker unit is configured to communicate wirelessly. The tracker unit also comprises a receiver. The receiver is global positioning system enabled so that the receiver is configured to receive coordinates. The transceiver is positioned to communicate the coordinates to an electronic device of a user so that the user is positioned to locate the tracker unit.
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
As best illustrated in
A tracker unit 20 is coupled to a second face 22 of the panel 12, as shown in
The receiver 26 is global positioning system enabled so that the receiver 26 is configured to receive coordinates. The transceiver 24 is positioned to communicate the coordinates to an electronic device of a user, positioning the user to locate the tracker unit 20.
The tracker unit 20 comprises a housing 28 that defines an interior space 30, as shown in
A bulb 38 is coupled to a second side 42 of the housing 28, as shown in
A speaker 46 is coupled to the second side 42 of the housing 28, as shown in
A handle 48 is coupled to the housing 28. The handle 48 is configured to be grasped in a hand of the user and to be grasped in a hand of the child. The handle 48 comprises a bar 50 that has opposing ends 52. Each opposing end 52 is pivotally coupled to a respective opposing side 54 of the housing 28 so that the bar 50 extends arcuately between the opposing sides 54 of the housing 28.
A coupler 56 is positioned between the tracker unit 20 and the panel 12. The coupler 56 is coupled to the tracker unit 20 and is selectively couplable to the panel 12. The coupler 56 is positioned to selectively couple to the panel 12 to couple the tracker unit 20 to the panel 12. The coupler 56 comprises a reversible adhesive 58, which allows the tracker unit 20 to be coupled selectively to a new panel 12, should the need arise.
In use, the transceiver 24 receives the locate signal from the electronic device of the user and relays the locate signal to the microprocessor 34. The microprocessor 34 actuates the receiver 26 to receive the coordinates and to relay the coordinates to the microprocessor 34. The transceiver 24 communicates the coordinates to the electronic device of the user, positioning the user to locate the tracker unit 20. The user may selectively send the illuminate signal from the electronic device of the user to the transceiver 24, which relays the illuminate signal to the microprocessor 34. The microprocessor 34 actuates the bulb 38 to illuminate to facilitate the user in locating the tracker unit 20. The user may selectively send the alert signal from the electronic device of the user to the transceiver 24, which relays the alert signal to the microprocessor 34. The microprocessor 34 actuates the speaker 46 to broadcast the alert to facilitate the user in locating the tracker unit 20.
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.
