Patent Application
20210150871
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The disclosure relates to tracking devices and more particularly pertains to a new tracking device for discretely tracking the physical location of a user.
The prior art relates to tracking devices.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a bandage that can be secure to a user to present the ornamental appearance of a dressing on a wound. A pad is coupled to the bandage and the pad has blood indicia thereon to present the ornamental appearance of having dressed a wound. A tracking unit is integrated into the bandage. The tracking unit is in electrical communication with a global positioning system (gps) to establish the physical location of the bandage. The tracking unit is in electrical communication with an extrinsic communication network. In this way the transceiver can notify emergency responders of the physical location of the bandage thereby facilitating the user to be located in an emergency.
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
An adhesive layer 24 is coupled to the bandage 12 to adhere to the user 14 for retaining the bandage 12 on the user 14. The adhesive layer 24 is positioned on the bottom surface 18 of the bandage 12. Additionally, the adhesive layer 24 may be comprised of a skin-safe adhesive to safely secure the bandage 12 on the user 14. Additionally, the adhesive layer 24 reduces the likelihood that the bandage 12 will be lost or discovered by an observer. A protective sheet 26 may be positioned over the adhesive layer 24 for protecting the adhesive layer 24 before the bandage 12 is worn on the user 14.
A tracking unit 28 is provided and the tracking unit 28 is integrated into the bandage 12. The tracking unit 28 is in electrical communication with a global positioning system 30 (gps) to establish the physical location of the bandage 12. Additionally, the tracking unit 28 is in electrical communication with an extrinsic communication network 32, such as a cellular phone network, the internet or any other electronic means of communication. In this way the tracking unit 28 can notify emergency responders, such as 911 responders, an authorized caregiver or any other emergency responder, of the physical location of the bandage 12. In this way the emergency responders can locate the user 14 in an emergency.
The tracking unit 28 comprises a control circuit 34 that is integrated into the bandage 12. The control circuit 34 receives an alert input. A transceiver 36 is integrated into the bandage 12 and the transceiver 36 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 34. The transceiver 36 is turned on when the control circuit 34 receives the alert input. Additionally, the transceiver 36 is in electrical communication with the gps 30 for receiving the physical location of the bandage 12 from the gps 30.
The transceiver 36 is in electrical communication with the extrinsic communication network 32 to communicate the physical location of the bandage 12 to emergency responders when the control circuit 34 receives the alert input. The transceiver 36 may comprise a radio frequency transceiver 36 or the like, and the transceiver 36 may employ a WPAN signal and Bluetooth communication protocols. As shown in
The tracking unit 28 includes a button 40 that is integrated into the bandage 12. The button 40 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 34. Additionally, the control circuit 34 receives the alert input when the button 40 is depressed. The tracking unit 28 includes a power supply 42 that is integrated into the bandage 12. The power supply 42 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 34 and the power supply 42 comprises at least one battery 44. Additionally, the authorized caregiver can remotely actuate the tracking unit 28 with the personal electronic device 38 when the user 14 is disabled, a child or is otherwise unable to actuate the tracking unit 28 without assistance.
In use, the bandage 12 is secured on the user 14 in order to discretely position the tracking unit 28 on the user 14. In this way a potential assailant, or even a casual observer, is unlikely to discover that the user 14 is wearing the tracking unit 28. The user 14 depresses the button 40 when the user 14 finds themselves in distress for any reason. Thus, the transceiver 36 collects the location information from the gps 30 and relays the location information to the emergency responders. In this way the emergency responders can locate the user 14 to provide assistance. Additionally, the authorized caregiver can remotely actuate the tracking unit 28, with the personal electronic device 38, for contacting the emergency responders when the user 14 is not capable of depressing the button 40.
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.
